Development of Research Competence in the Process of Teaching Academic Writing in a Foreign Language in Conditions of Digitalization of Education

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of developing research competence in the context of studying academic writing in a foreign language in modern conditions. The purpose of this article is to determine the potential of using electronic educational resources as a means of developing research competence and to evaluate the effectiveness of using these resources in the process of teaching foreign language academic writing at a university. As research methods the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature and pedagogical experience, generalization, questioning, and testing were used. Based on the analysis of the literature, the content of the concept of research competence is revealed, the characteristics of the criteria for evaluating the levels of development of research competence are given. In the course of the study an analysis of the level of formation of research competence among students was made, and the learning outcomes were presented. The obtained results indicate that the use of the resources of the electronic information and educational environment of the university in the process of teaching foreign language academic writing contributes to the effective development of the research competence of students. The novelty of the study lies in the addition of empirical data with new information about the possibilities of developing research competence in the context of studying foreign language academic writing.