Independent Student Work on Literature of English-Speaking Countries: from Teaching Experience
Author(s)
Maria N. Zhornikova, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1741-707X, eLibrary SPIN-код: 6360-8839, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University
24a Smolin St, Ulan-Ude, Russia, 670000, tel: +7 (3012) 215094, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tatiana V. Platitsyna, Candidate of Culture Studies, Associate Professor, Acting Chair, Department of Translation and Intercultural Communication, https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0756-0993, eLibrary Author ID: 726816, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University
24a Smolin St, Ulan-Ude, Russia, 670000, tel: +7 (3012) 220757, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Darima V. Erdyneeva, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor, Department of German and French Languages, https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8234-3155, eLibrary Author ID 486685, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University
24a Smolin St, Ulan-Ude, Russia, 670000, tel: +7 (3012) 220757, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The introduction dwells upon the issue of organizing students’ independent work related to the study of literary texts within the framework of such disciplines as “History of World Literature”, “Literature of English-Speaking Countries” in the context of changing reader’s behavior. The purpose of the article is to summarize the experience of organizing independent student work at foreign language departments of Buryat State University. Materials and Methods. While studying the proposed issue, the authors used the following methods: analysis of theoretical sources and documents regulating the organization of independent student work, analysis and generalization of pedagogical experience.
Study Results. At the present stage of education development, great importance in the process of enhancing professional competencies is attached to the organization of independent student work at foreign language departments at universities, including the course of English-speaking countries’ literature. The authors suggest using project-based learning to study contemporary literature of the English-speaking countries to solve problems related to “digital reading”. At the same time, it is necessary to make a preliminary selection of works that can be offered to students for independent reading in the discipline: these literary works should not contradict Russian spiritual and moral values. The article proposes a set of tasks based on the works of Carol Davis, contemporary American poet, from her collection “Into the Arms of Pushkin: Poems of St. Petersburg” (2007). Creative tasks for independent work are aimed at using animation technologies, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, etc. by the students for the “artistic appropriation” of the classical work when their own creativity and inspiration allow them to immerse themselves in the text and perform creative work (create a new product).
Conclusion: When organizing independent work on the study of literary texts of English-speaking countries, it is necessary to take into account the change in reading strategies
of the “digital generation” and develop a system of tasks for students to work independently with a literary text based on a combination of reading and creative application of digital competencies.
Keywords: teaching methods, organization of independent student work at the university, Literature Studies, methods of working with literary texts, task system
For citation: Zhornikova M.N., Platitsyna T.V., Erdyneeva D.V. Independent Student Work on Literature of English-Speaking Countries: from Teaching Experience. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2024; 18 (4). Pp. 466-478. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409- 5052-2024-18-4-466-478
DOI: https://doi.org/32343/2409- 5052-2024-18-4-466-478
UDС: 378.14
The article was submitted to the editorial office on 18.11.2024, approved after review on 02.12.2024, and accepted for publication on 05.12.2024.