The paper focuses on the issue of using non-standard elements namely educational games provided with the help of an interactive whiteboard at English lessons with non-linguistic students. The purpose of our research is to verify the opportunities of educational games based on using an interactive whiteboard for effective English teaching to non-linguistic students for effective improving English proficiency. Different methods such as observation, questionnaires, discussions and pedagogical experiment were used to study the influence of using educational games provided with an interactive whiteboard in English classes to students’ motivation to learn English and, as a result, to the level of students’ success in the English language. The statistical methods were used as well to measure the results of the pedagogical experiment. The result contrast of the preliminary and final tests confirmed statistically the efficiency of the authors’ technique of using educational games provided with an interactive whiteboard at professional English lessons. The specially developed educational games provided with the help of an interactive whiteboard are presented as examples of non-standard elements in English classes with law students and can be used by any English teachers. The results of the experiment proved statistically effectiveness of the authors’ technique of using non-standard elements for teaching professional English.

The article deals with new challengers in higher education system in terms of reality caused by coronavirus COVID-19. Some positive experience in English distance teaching and learning (at the basis of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine) is described as it is significant in pandemic and may become useful for post pandemic society to improve educational processes. The purpose of the paper is to share positive ideas for English e-learning organization at the tertiary level in pandemic in order to use e-learning gains in further educational practice, highlight and solve its problems. General theoretical methods (analysis and synthesis) as well as empirical (observation and discussion) helped to find out advantages and identify disadvantages of the issue under study. The study has reached the following conclusions: asynchronous distance learning is effective for highly motivated students; synchronous forms demonstrate ability for developing all kinds of language skills. Advantages of distance teaching and learning there are: opportunity to display necessary didactic material on screen, to play audio recording or video materials for students in better quality. We have identified these problems: necessity of strong students’ motivation, connected with self-organization and the ability to work independently; sometimes insufficient technical skills of academic staff; academic dishonesty, which leads to meaninglessness of testing.