The article discusses educational systems, forms, methods and means of distance learning of a foreign language. The purpose of our study was to analyze the attitude towards distance learning a foreign language at the Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow, Russia). Students of 2-3 courses of took part in the survey. The results obtained after the survey and this methodology allow us to conclude that, in general, students of 2-3 courses consider distance learning of a foreign language effective. Students are open to publicly available electronic teaching aids; show the advantages of recorded distance learning in the "LMS Moodle" system, the availability and technology of training. The practical application also shows the possibilities of developing and applying electronic courses for students of technical universities.