General problems of teaching and monitoring results in the distance learning format at the university

The author’s view on a number of issues of the practice of university teaching of a foreign language in the distance learning format is presented. Organizational and technical difficulties of distance learning, difficulties of monitoring the achievements of students are considered. The difficulties of practical use in remote conditions of such forms of current and final control as a colloquium, a test and an exam are shown. The conclusion is made about the need to adapt these forms of control to the practice of distance learning, their modernization.