ORGANIZATION OF STUDENTS’ INDEPENDENT WORK IN THE PROCESS OF READING ACADEMIC TEXTS AT A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Against the background of the growing need to integrate English into the curriculum of non-linguistic disciplines, it is a meaningful task to optimize the organization of students’ independent learning activities, taking into account the peculiarities of their cognition and the need for adapted teaching methods. The objective of this paper is to identify the importance of organizing, motivating, and providing pedagogical support for students’ independent learning in the process of acquiring academic reading in a foreign language. Students should learn to handle texts, extract meaning, analyze, draw conclusions, and apply acquired knowledge to practice. This article discusses approaches to organizing such work and suggests ways to facilitate the development of academic reading and critical thinking skills. The developed strategy based on an integrated approach using an online platform was implemented at the initial stage of teaching academic reading in English to first-year students in a motivating interactive educational environment. Based on the positive results obtained, it can be concluded that mastering the skills of academic reading in English requires an integrated approach, including motivation, stimulating assessment and flexible pedagogical support.