Педагогические науки/ 5. Современные методы преподавания

Фокина О. С.

Филиал ФГБОУ ВПО «Тюменский государственный университет»

в г. Когалыме, Россия

THE RWCT METHOD IN TEACHING STUDENTS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Due to the usage of modern teaching methods we can easily solve a number of pedagogical problems which face pedagogical staff nowadays. There are lots of teaching methods in pedagogics, but not all of them can be useful in teaching students the English language. The question is how to find the most effective one remains a topical problem of pedagogical societies.

A great variety of methods is used at schools, colleges or universities. New methods help to develop many students’ skills and abilities.

We consider that the attention should be drawn to critical thinking as it is one of the most important abilities for the brain development.

According to Richard Paul, critical thinking is that mode of thinking – about subject, content, or problem – in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the the structuries inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them. Critical thinking is, in short, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It entails effective communication and problem solving abilities [ ].

In our understanding, the aim of a teacher is to help a student to develop his or her abilities and become a good critical thinker.

A well cultivated critical thinker:

- raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely;

- gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively, comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards;