Globalization as a phenomenon of the modern world in recent years has spread to the educational system. Under these conditions, new values of the mechanism of education were formed and formed: the first is aimed at recognizing education as the most important principle of cultural genesis, and the second, on the contrary, suggests a decline in interest in education as a means of creative selfrealization. These contradictory positions are global in nature, but do not depend on the national-state and cultural characteristics of educational systems. The trend towards globalization is manifested in the following areas: the development of the global economic environment, the emergence and mass distribution of PCs and the Internet, as well as the involvement of the educated population of non-European countries such as India, Japan, South Korea, China in the scientific and technological process. At the same time, the leading trend is the intensive growth of cultural diversity as independent entities. Since education is an integral part of any modern person, the educational sphere is influenced by those trends that characterize global dynamics, as well as determine general and individual worldview and moral dominants, affecting individuals in the design of world order. Globalization is a fairly new state of world organization and evidence of the formation of a new type of culture. However, its origins and trends have long been deeply embedded in the bowels of culture, it demonstrates the general nature of globalization, and manifests itself through cultural universals. Their most significant component is generally accepted sociocultural values, which can become the basis for the development of modern society.

The article is devoted to the coverage of theoretical and practical experience of using ICT in the process of teaching foreign languages in universities of Ukraine and Greece. Educational electronic foreign language resources (information and reference materials, e-books, films on DVD, libraries of electronic visual aids and databases, methodical materials on electronic media, Internet resources, combined electronic teaching aids, educational and methodical software to support lectures) are classified. The authors singled out the most recent forms of teaching (distance learning, on-line learning with the interactive elements), types of educational activities (work with audio, video, making presentations, work with computer training programs, electronic communication) and teaching aids (audio recordings, video films, multimedia presentations, computer programs, e-books, textbooks, reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, Internet resources, e-mail, Skype, virtual learning environments, blogs, forums), based on ICTs that are actively engaged in teaching in the native and Greek higher educational institutions. The emphasis is focused on the advantages of distance learning technologies in the process of learning foreign languages (constant access to information, significantly lower cost of training course, the possibility of consulting with a teacher at the convenient time, increasing the role and enlarging the proportion of student’s self-work, etc.), on the features of work on Moodle platform. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of the activity of the Greek Open University with a distance learning form, in particular to the description of the master's program for the teachers of English "Didactics of English as a Foreign / International Language". The perspectives of using pedagogically valuable experience of Greece in the use of ICT in national higher education of foreign languages have been outlined.

The article is devoted to the distinction and characterization of the leading trends in the development of language education in Ukraine in the late XX – early XXI centuries, which include: strengthening the authority of the Ukrainian language, its dissemination in all spheres of public life; increasing attention to foreign languages; a gradual transition to linguistic diversity and multilingualism; paying special attention to the study of the Ukrainian language as a foreign language; launching a certification process for the level of knowledge in Ukrainian and foreign languages; constant updating of the purpose, tasks, content, forms, methods and means of language education.

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of formation and improvement of the culture of business communication of future police officers. The definitions of «business communication», «culture of business communication», «culture of business communication of a police officer» are given. Analysis of the works of domestic and foreign scientists allowed us to formulate our own definition of the main concept of the study. Thus, the culture of business communication of the police officer means a set of communicative, socio-psychological, intercultural skills and habits, values, norms of professional behavior, compliance with general and professional etiquette in the processes of intersubjective interaction at the subject-informational and interactive levels in solving problems. The characteristics of interactive forms and methods of formation and improvement of the culture of business communication of future law enforcement officers during their basic training in a higher education institution is given. Productive forms of improving the speech culture of law enforcement specialists include classes-debates, classes-researches, classes-discussions, binary classes, which form the communicative competence of students, their initiative is revealed, a situation of confidence, intellectual freedom is composed, pedagogy of cooperation is implemented. Among the methods of improving the culture of business communication of police officers, the meaningful place is given to role-playing and business games, theatrical techniques, drama techniques, the method of projects that not only improve the culture of business communication of law enforcement officers, but also develop their imagination and creativity, promote socialization of personality, allow to realize the contextual (professionally oriented) approach in training of police officers. Examples of practical application of the above mentioned forms and methods in the educational process are given.

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