CREATIVE TASKS IN TEACHING COUNTRY STUDIES AS MEANS OF DEVELOPING CRITICAL (ANTI-CLIP) THINKING OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The article deals with an urgent problem of the modern world – developing of “clip thinking” of young generation living in a VUCA-world. The author shares the experience of using creative tasks aimed at developing creative (anti-clip) and system thinking both as a part of project work during classes and as student’s individual work while learning such discipline as Country Studies and Country Studies Through Language. The creative tasks are classifies according to VUCA-method. The conclusion is based on the results of the survey conducted among 5th-year Pedagogy students with the additional specialization in English at North-Eastern Federal University n.a. M.K. Ammosov (Yakutsk).