Lavrentyeva N.G.

The current research describes the methodology of using electronic messages and texting as a part of case technologies in teaching cross-cultural business communication. The peculiarities of the means of electronic communication in both Russian and English languages in a specific language sphere, namely in business communication, are taken into consideration.

Key words: communication technology, methodology of teaching English as a foreign language, business communication, business correspondence, digital environment, text messages, e-mail.