Аннотация
Research problem. Most of the podcasts were created by native speakers in the countries of the language being studied, therefore, they not only represent the sociocultural reality of the country of the language being studied and demonstrate a combination of verbal and non-verbal codes of foreign language communication, but also contain information related to the professional activities of future specialists and show the functioning of the language as a means of professional communication. Methodology, methods and techniques: analysis of literary sources on the problem of pedagogical conditions for the creation of podcasts that help future guides get settled, more likely to integrate into a society with a market economy, consciously andfully learn the culture of other peoples, better understand world problems. Results: competence in the field of media. To work with podcasts, basic computer skills must be formed: the ability to download files from the Internet, edit and recode if necessary.