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ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT’S SELF-STUDY BY MEANS OF INFO-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES WHILE LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE // Pedagogical Review. 2017. Issue 1 (15). P. 108-113

Modern educational standards require students to get a number of general cultural competences. Moreover, the current process of globalization, informatization and computerization makes graduates obtain competences that will meet the requirements of demanding employers. The article addresses the issue of students’ general cultural competences and the possibility of their development while learning a foreign language. Learning a foreign language students not only acquire capability to communicate but develop intellectual, cognitive, creative abilities and readiness to self-study. The article denotes the high potential of students’ self-study in learning a foreign language and development of general cultural competences. The reduction of class hours is compensated by the increase of students’ self-study. While planning students’ self-study instructors its necessary to take into account a set of stages: organization, motivation and evaluation. The special attention is paid to the importance of info-communication technologies in the organization of students’ self-study. They help create more diverse and expanded educational environment. The authors justify their application and determine their functions in the process of learning a foreign language by the students of technical directions. The article offers techniques using info-communication technologies and examples of tasks contributing to the development of students’ general cultural competences, their cognitive and creative activity, ability to self-study, foreign language learning and independence in solving educational and professional tasks.

Keywords: general cultural competences, students’ self-study, info-communication technologies, foreign language

TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO STUDENTS WITH THE APPLICATION OF DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES // Pedagogical Review. 2019. Issue 3 (25). P. 151-157

In the article the aspects of teaching foreign languages to students with the application of distance technologies are considered. The advantages of distance learning are studied, the learning technology and the influence on mastering material are described. The authors justify the thesis that distance learning technologies must be applied together with traditional technologies according to university upgrading, integration and educational tendencies. The article gives the structure of distance learning course for studying foreign languages to students at Surgut State University. The university provides teachers and students with access to Wi-Fi, computer rooms and online libraries. In order to ensure successful learning as well as support for students, teachers of the Foreign Languages Department use digital curriculums, online repositories for teaching materials, tools and a management system for content development and course management. The present article provides an up-to-date evidencebased information of how distance learning has been developed at Surgut State university. In fact, distance learning is built on the organization of individual interaction, which increases the efficiency of teaching and organizing topics. It also describes the monitoring system at the university. As an example, the system is built on the basis of operational student and lecturers feedback, access to the automatic control through testing systems.

Keywords: distance learning technologies, teaching of foreign languages to students, the Internet, Information Technology, the structure of distance learning course, innovations in education, language material, methods of teaching

CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC STUDENTS THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEXT // Pedagogical Review. 2021. Issue 2 (36). P. 124-134

The article considers the process of students’ critical thinking development through the English language resources. The authors highlight the importance of English in the developing of students’ universal competencies and their adaption to the current professional requirements. The article outlines the essential critical thinking skills that allow students to comprehend the received material, break down the material into its constituent parts, to distinguish relevant information from extraneous material, to synthesize, to infer and evaluate it. The educational foreign-language text is used as a means of students’ critical thinking development. The authors emphasize the text’s multifunction nature and its contribution into enhancement of students’ thinking activity. Despite the teachers’ keen interest in the process of critical thinking developing some authors prove the lack of methods and techniques promoting its growth. The article gives an overview of Bloom’s taxonomy and outlines its application in the educational process. The taxonomy is widely used to set educational objectives, to formulate motivating exercises and monitor headway in knowledge and skills developing. The study shows that not all textbooks and tasks are intended to enhance critical thinking skills. So, the authors analyzed their English textbook and changed their approach to work with the texts. The article describes the experience proving that new challenging tasks help students comprehend the received information, distinguish relevant facts, summarize and learn to evaluate.

Keywords: foreign language, universal competencies, critical thinking, educational foreign-language text, Bloom’s taxonomy