The Role of Innovative Methods in Teaching Foreign Languge Summary The article is devoted to description of innovative methods. Innovative methods and technologies of teaching today are gaining increasing recognition and new opportunities associated with the establishment of interpersonal interaction. In this article is paid attention to choices of methods which should vary with different purposes, ages groups, and stages of mental development. A structure of modern process of teaching and its results is presented in this receaerch. Some of the common learning characteristics of adult language and literacy learners as well as four guiding principles to teaching adults foreign languages are given in the article. Key words: innovative method, project, active learning, traditional learning, creative tasks