Abstract
The article examines the use of Duolingo foreign languages e-learning platform as a resource to
intensify teaching foreign languages at engineering universities. The reduction of guided training
hours, allocated for the teaching of foreign languages at technical universities, and the uneven level
of students' language proficiency has created an urgent problem. To solve this problem, we proposed
a program that combined modular learning technology, didactic units consolidation, a point-rating
system, a thesaurus and competence approach. For the compilation of the modular program was
based on the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education of the Third Generation
(FSES) for the program "Civil Engineering" (FSES code: 08.03.01). The competencies, formed within
this modular program are also considered. The research indicated that the average level of foreign
language proficiency in the experimental sample significantly increased, while in the control sample,
the resulting change was within the range of statistical error.