Chunyan Li

Videohosting as a demanded innovative tool of learning in the world digitalization of education The article is devoted to video hosting as an innovative learning tool, identifying the causes of its occurrence (sociocultural and technological), a working definition of this phenomenon is given, the main ontological characteristics of this digital resource are established, the basic sociocultural and educational functions of video hosting are defined, their classification is proposed, examples of use in teaching practice are given. Russian as a foreign language. The main world, Russian and Chinese video hosting sites are presented.