**8. Video animation**

Practice shows that at the initial stage of teaching a foreign language, the use of video animation is especially effective. The characters in video cartoons are endowed with a certain character, and they act in specific conditions. Note that this is one of the advantages of animation over cinema in terms of use in the educational process in a foreign language. It is also methodically important that interest in video cartoons does not weaken with multiple viewings. This helps to maintain attention to the repeatedly presented educational material and ensures the efficiency of perception.

The undoubted advantage of animated videos is their (1) authenticity, (2) informativeness, (3) concentration of language means and, (4) emotional impact on students. It should be noted that cartoons always cause a huge number of positive emotions among students. We believe that the effectiveness of the use of animated videos depends on the rational organization of classes. Several stages of work should be distinguished: preliminary work, which precedes the demonstration of the cartoon, includes a linguacultural commentary and the creation of an attitude toward understanding cartoon demonstration, checking understanding of the content through questions, and activation of language material through various types of exercises and assignments.

For example, dividing a cartoon into main episodes working with a soundtrack by episodes with the task to repeat or finish the characters' lines, determining who the lines belong to and which episode they refer to, and reproducing of content in oral and written forms.

Tasks and exercises after viewing are designed not only for the formation but also for the development of communicative competence. The final part of the tasks and exercises should be the communicative activity of students. In this regard, it is necessary to fully understand the cartoon. One of the ways to achieve is video replay.

In the process of using the third type – all other video materials – the teacher has, in our opinion, the greatest freedom of creativity and offers the greatest variety of tasks and exercises.
