Independent study as a way of developing multilingual competence of the students who major in Philology

Abstract

The  article  deals  with  the   theoretical   basis  for   the  implementation   of  the   methodology of organizing independent study of the students of higher educational establishments (universities). It offers the action research examining the evidence of the peculiarities of the introduction of independent study in bachelor programmes of teacher education (the the teacher of the English language and literature, the specialist in multilingual education) the Faculty of the Foreign Philology and Fine Arts, Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University. The crucial role of independent study is justified by the didactic factors. The article shares experience of using independent study (self-study)  to  develop  multilingual  competence  of  the  1^st-year  students’  of the English Philology Department. The results of research are practical, relevant, contain theoretical information and can be used for the further study of the problem.