High requirements to quality of professional preparation of university students of linguistic departments at distant learning open wide access to the educational and educational resources that give possibilities to great students’ activity and fundamentally new means of their studies. The purpose of the article is to reveal the content of innovative teaching methods in the process of distant learning for the formation of the professional competence to university students of linguistic departments in theoretical course of the English language. A great number of research workers have been involved in the study of different problems of theory and practice of distant learning to university students of linguistic departments, but the problem must be investigated deeper at the present situation with Covid 19.The article emphasizes the need to find the ways to integrate the latest technologies into the distant learning process. Emphasis is placed on innovative learning technologies that have been successfully implemented in the present day educational process. The use of the Internet and computer technologies in the process of teaching English to university students of linguistic departments will increase students’ interest and motivation for learning, their communicative competence. The article deals with the peculiarities of using the Internet and computer technologies, modern platforms and programmes in teaching English at the process of distant learning. The article contains descriptions of such modern platforms as Zoom, GoogleClassroom, LearningApps and such programmes as English Audio Books, English Stories (Offline), Practice English Speaking та English Speaking PracticeApp, as well as the possibilities of their use in the process of teaching speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing to university students of linguistic departments. All of the programs and online resources described in the article are free and accessible to an English teacher. The teacher can use a certain set of Internet resources, but also to create the own materials necessary for learning.