TEACHING STUDENTS TO RENDER ENGLISH TEXTS AS A WAY TO DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of developing XXI century skills in students of higher education as a precondition to their success under present-day economic conditions. The author focuses on developing critical thinking skills, which are a key requirement to modern university graduates. A point is made that critical thinking approach should be applied to teaching all kinds of academic writing, and teaching article rendering in particular. A step-by-step algorithm is suggested to guide the students all the way through the text rendering process, from a preparation stage to the actual writing. The aim of every stage and the techniques involved in it are described in detail. The main groups of lexical and lexico-grammatical language means necessary to teach for successful text rendering are outlined. Fragments from students’ papers are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the suggested method.