Xorazm ma’mun akademiyasi axborotnomasi – /2019 Ўзбекистон республикаси фанлар академияси минтақавий бўлими

Keywords: mass media, foreign languages, language environment.
The term "mass media" comes from the English "mass media "and is an abbreviation of" media of 
mass communication", which means" mass communication medium" (MCM), that is "communication 
and communication". According to the law of "On mass media", mass information means printed, video, 
audio-visual and other messages and materials intended for an unlimited number of persons. Other 
words, the media is any collected, processed and analyzed information in such sources as: newspaper, 
radio, television, Internet, etc., which is freely available and has a mass scale, which means that the 
media are used in various types and areas of activity. The use of mass media in the field of education, 
namely in foreign language classes, is increasing every day. With the use of information technology, 
teachers are able to use various media to enrich the language environment of their class, to accelerate 
the learning process, to improve the acquisition of the subject, to instill interest in the subject being 
studied.
The method of teaching foreign languages involves the use of mass media in the educational 
process as an effective means of teaching oral foreign language communication as a goal and, at the 
same time, as a natural result of educational activities. The special role of authentic media in the 
methodology of teaching that they bring students as close as possible to real information sources and 
"immerse" them in the world of current events. The use of authentic self-selected media texts in the 
classroom has a long tradition. Until recently, these were mostly newspaper and magazine articles. In 
recent years, television and radio programs, as well as texts taken from the Internet, have been added to 
press materials. It is customary to divide mass media into visual (periodical press), auditory (radio) and 
audio-visual (television, documentary films). [1]
Modern visual media provides a huge amount of material in printed form, as well as in digital 
form using images, videos, graphs, etc., to create a more suitable learning environment. The media 
provides a huge amount of new material to the teacher, who can easily find information suitable for the 
school curriculum. Also, working with printed material creates children's interest in reading, due to a 

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