Innovative methods of teaching foreign literature in higher education institutions

Abstract

Despite the undoubted importance in the professional training of students of philological specialties, the course of the history of foreign literature in Higher education still remains largely neglected by domestic scientists, in contrast to the school practice of teaching this discipline. This leads to the fact that innovative school methods of teaching literature are automatically transferred to higher education institutions (in the best case) or, otherwise, the teaching of literature is carried out in the traditional way using methods and techniques of work introduced during the Soviet Union. Both approaches require revision, taking into account the realities of modern higher education. Today, the student-centric paradigm in education is changing to a science-centric one, in which higher education institutions are considered primarily as research centers. This leads to significant changes in approaches to teaching: more and more attention is paid to the independent work of students, the formation of their skills of independent search and analytical processing of material. In the course of the research, the teacher appears as a mentor scientist who knows the methodology of scientific research and can pass it on to the next generations. Reducing the classroom workload requires restructuring the assessment system, ways to get feedback, and re-evaluating the effectiveness of certain types of work.