Developing research skills in pre-service foreign language teachers during teaching practicum

Abstract

The research aims to substantiate the effectiveness of a methodology for developing research skills in pedagogical students (training program specialization “Foreign language”) during their teaching practicum in general secondary education institutions in Moscow. The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of integrating research activities into the structure of pedagogical education, proposes an original methodology for the phased development of research skills in students – future foreign language teachers – in the context of methodological training, and presents the results of its effectiveness testing during experimental teaching. The methodology developed by the author is based on an activity-based approach and includes four stages: motivational-value, cognitive-operational, project-activity, and reflective-analytical. At each stage, the goal, types of tasks and exercises, methods, techniques, and forms of work with students, and the skills being developed reflected at the levels of knowledge, ability, and mastery are highlighted. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that it makes a certain contribution to linguodidactics, expanding the understanding of the development of research skills in students – future foreign language teachers – filling a gap in existing methodologies, namely in clarifying the content, principles, and pedagogical conditions for the formation of such skills. As a result of the research, the feasibility of using the developed complex of tasks and exercises, which ensures an increase in the level of formation of these skills in the process of professional training, is substantiated.