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The paper discusses prospects of e-course based on Moodle e-learning platform for teaching a foreign language and the development of students’ moral and aesthetic qualities. To improve their speaking and communicative skills students should acquire aesthetic language skills and possess appropriate manners and behavior. The enhancement of aesthetic and moral skills goes through a purposeful perception of the aesthetic aspects of language, the knowledge of lexical, phraseological and syntactical forms and the development of moral and aesthetic qualities of student. The e-course based on LMS Moodle can contribute to the development of these qualities if there is appropriate moral and aesthetic content of educational materials.  Special emphasis should be placed on the development of aesthetic communication skills. In addition, the author lists the elements of the course that help the teacher to develop the moral qualities of students while learning a foreign language. The application of moral and aesthetic contents is based on step-by-step work. Preparatory and procedural stages lead students to achieve a specific practical purpose: a visual representation of the results, PowerPoint presentations, e-collages, essays, etc. The paper presents the list of project ideas which can contribute to the cultural development of students.

Keywords: e-learning, Moodle, second language acquisition, moral and aesthetic qualities.

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