CRITICAL THINKING IN THE TEACHING OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AS A FOREIGN

Abstract

Abstract. The article is devoted to the current problem of the development of critical thinking technology; innovative technologies for the development of critical thinking, consisting in the practical implementation of a person-oriented approach in training are considered; the methods of forming critical thinking, which contribute to the formation of foreign language communicative competence, are considered too. The author shares practical ideas about the development of critical thinking in the context of teaching the Ukrainian language as a foreign language at the preparatory faculty.Examples of using technology through reading and writing are shown already in the first weeks of studying the general literary Ukrainian language; in the course «Country Studies» (discipline «Ukrainian as a foreign language», second semester of studying the Ukrainian language). The possibilities of developing critical thinking in the process of project implementation are demonstrated.Examples of the implementation of pedagogical technology for the development of critical thinking during classes are presented. The author substantiates the possibility and necessity of applying the critical thinking technology in teaching the Ukrainian language as a foreign language at the initial stage of study.It is noted that the most effective form of teaching critical thinking is the implementation of group work, which allows developing the qualities of independence, curiosity, the ability to make an independent assessment, provide reasoning for one’s opinion, and prove or refute one’s decision. The study gives the author grounds for certain conclusions that the technology of critical thinking development, creating a motivating favorable environment in the classroom, maximally adapts the learning process to the individual characteristics of foreign students.