On the Results of Using the Technology of Critical Thinking Development in Teaching Foreign Language at a Military College
https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2024.88.1.034
Abstract
The search for the effective teaching technologies is aimed at improving the quality of education on the academic discipline “Foreign language”. The article substantiates the reasonability of the technology of critical thinking development to teach English for specific purposes in Yaroslavl Higher Military Institute of the Air Defense. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, monitoring and testing of cadets, reflexive questionnaires and the methodological experiment were carried out to prove the efficiency of this technology. The results of experimental studies under the topic “International organizations and military-political blocs” are described. The final testing and cadets’ interviewing have shown that the introduction of this technology in the educational process of a military university contributes to the development of key competences and hard skills which are necessary for successful professional growth. The paper also provides guidance on how to prepare for the English class in accordance with the concept of the technology of critical thinking development.
About the Authors
Yu. M. OrekhovaRussian Federation
Orekhova Yulia Mikhailovna — Ph.D. (Pedagogical Sciences), Senior Lecturer of Foreign Languages Department
E. I. Tsybyakova
Russian Federation
Tsybyakova Elena Sergeevna — Lecturer of Foreign Languages Department, Yaroslavl Higher Military Institute of the Air Defense
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Review
For citations:
Orekhova Yu.M., Tsybyakova E.I. On the Results of Using the Technology of Critical Thinking Development in Teaching Foreign Language at a Military College. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2024;(1(88)):152-160. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2024.88.1.034