The essence of information-communication technology usage is revealed in the article; the role of the technologies is determined during the foreign language training under conditions of the education modernization; the classification of means of the new information technologies used in the foreign language training is suggested. The usage of new technologies in training is one of the most important aspects of the training improvement and optimization, and the enrichment of methods and techniques allowing diversification of work forms and transformation of the training process into an interesting foreign language training process for students. Means of the information-communication technologies listed by the authors allow stirring up students’ cognitive activity; assuring positive training motivation; high training differentiation; improvement of knowledge, skill and practice control. The efficiency of the informationcommunication technology usage depends on methods and forms of the technology usage, on the teacher’s abilities to use their usage methodology, and on the electronic resources used by the teacher. The authors single out a number of recommendations for teachers using information- communication technologies in their lessons relying on the study of the theoretical problems of the research and practical application of the resources in the foreign language training.