Development of creative thinking based on training in the process of teaching a foreign language to students of non-language faculties

Razumovskaya Elena Alexandrovna, Mikheeva Lyudmila Dmitrievna, Sidorkina Lyudmila Sergeevna

The relevance of the research in the article is due to the fact that in the modern educational process of Russian universities, the most significant is not the assimilation of ready-made knowledge of a foreign language, but the development of students' thinking methods that ensure the production of new knowledge and skills. The aim of the research in the article is to generalize and implement in practice the methodology for the development of creative thinking based on training in the process of teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic faculties. The study used theoretical and empirical methods. Based on the results of the study, the article presents theoretical and practical provisions on the use of methods for the development of creative thinking based on training in the process of teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic faculties. The theoretical significance lies in the fact that the results of the study complement the theory and methodology of teaching a foreign language ... The practical significance of the research consists in: the development of an assessment toolkit that allows to determine the effectiveness of the development of creative thinking on the basis of training in the process of teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic faculties; in the introduction of an appropriate set of trainings in a foreign language into the educational process.

Keywords:creative thinking, training, the process of teaching a foreign language, students of non-language faculties, intercultural communication, intercultural interaction, pedagogical conditions, problematic and heuristic situations.