The article defines the concepts of "innovation" and "innovative teaching methods", provides a generalized characteristic of innovative methods and technologies of teaching a foreign language at a higher education institution of the non-linguistic profile. The emphasis is given on the necessity of implementing an integrated approach when applying the innovative teaching methods. The efficiency of using the newest technologies of teaching a foreign language in the learning process has been

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... . The features of modern teaching methods of foreign languages ​​are defined, which offers a wide range of teaching concepts, methods and technologies - both traditional and innovative. It is suggested to give preference to one or another method depending on the purpose of studying, the student contingent, the duration and intensity of the training course. The authors of the article carried out a thorough analysis of contemporary research and publications regarding the problem of innovative approaches involved in teaching foreign languages ​​at a higher school and identified the relevance of research tasks that require significant changes in the educational system. The article points to the need for an optimal balance of traditions and innovations, a comprehensive combination of various technologies and methods of teaching a foreign language, which requires the use of an integrated approach. The purpose of the article is to justify the expediency of using an integrated approach in applying the innovative methods and technologies of teaching foreign languages ​​at higher education institutions of the non-formal profile.