The article describes the importance of employing ICT that help to open up new opportunities in teaching a foreign language. The paper deals with the current state of teaching and learning process inclined to receive information using ICT tools. In the paper, foreign language lessons are considered as a fertile ground for the formation of all types of competencies since as language as a means we study the world around us in all its manifestations. Also, the author notes that the use of ICT could allow not only to improve the effectiveness of learning many times over, but also to encourage students to further independent study of the English as a foreign language (EFL).