Lilia N. Yusupova|Tatiana M. Tatarina|Nikolay V. Yudin
Development of critical thinking in the formation of foreign language communicative competence through the example of the course “Media Literacy”
introduction training highlevel specialists requires active introduction pedagogical technologies educational system higher education contribute development higherorder thinking addition development testing technologies development critical thinking higher education russia encounter significant difficulties purpose study substantiate need possibility developing critical thinking teaching foreign language university particular within framework interdisciplinary course media literacy materials methods methodological basis study competencybased approach teaching foreign language based technology critical thinking reading writing main research methods analysis scientific literature russian foreign scientists problem diagnostic techniques questionnaires observation lauren starkeys critical thinking test experimental research consisting setting ascertaining training control stages carried petrozavodsk state university 20162019 attended 260 first fourthyear undergraduate students nonlinguistic fields study comparative analysis data obtained different groups subjects wilcoxon statistical test used related samples results study authors training course media literacy analyzing mass media english learning kit mass media 3 parts developed tested comparative analysis data obtained training revealed significant dynamics experimental group z507 p0001 moderate dynamics control group z234 p005 final cut experimental group demonstrated significantly higher level critical thinking 01 significance level control group mean values integral indicator 2517 1996 points respectively conclusions research results confirm hypothesis possibility forming universal competency critical thinking taking course media literacy foreign language developed training course interdisciplinary used different fields study undergraduate graduate programs