HOMEWORK TASKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING CREATIVE THINKING FOR FUTURE ENGINEERS

Abstract

The paper investigates a problem of developing creative thinking among students at a technical university. The significance of developing creative thinking is put in perspective for future specialists of national production. The author highlights the ways of educational subjects for developing creative activity, abilities and thinking. The idea about the importance of cooperative effort among university’s teachers in this direction is traced. The author validates the idea that creative homework tasks in foreign language classes can serve as a means of developing creative thinking. The researcher describes functions of homework tasks, enunciates requirements for creative tasks for homework. The author has developed nonconventional tasks, the effectiveness of which is detected during the process of observation, conversation and surveys of students.