The technology of independent work of students in teaching a foreign language
The experience of using the technology of individualized independent work of students of non-linguistic universities is described. The authors substantiated the importance of students' independent work for the formation of language communication skills, methods of independent mastering of new scientific information, skills of a systematic increase in their knowledge and skills as a condition for self-organization in professional activity. The following types and forms of such independent work tested in the educational process are disclosed: extracurricular reading, preparation of an oral presentation about future professional activities, various types of programmed training; blended learning techniques that take advantage of traditional and technological approaches through their effective integration. The article also reflects the description of the textbook developed by the authors to help students in the independent mastering of grammatical material, in the formation of methods of cognitive research activities in the context of modern computerization of education.