The history of the emergence and main trends in the development of the case-study method in Russian foreign language education: the theoretical aspect of the research problem

Abstract

The history of the emergence of the “case-study” method as a significant method for the national methodic science is briefly presented in a historical cut. From a theoretical point of view, the main trends in the development of the “case-study” method in the domestic school foreign language education are outlined. It is emphasized that there is a rapid spread of the “case-study” method in the school methods of teaching foreign languages. This method becomes an effective means of organizing the educational and cognitive process, coexists with other interactive methods. The “case-study” method is actively used in teaching foreign languages both in general educational institutions and in higher educational institutions, and is already one of the components of the educational process. It is emphasized that, working with teaching, training and systematizing cases in the process of learning a foreign language, students receive an analysis of the usual situation and a solution to the problems raised by means of a foreign language. The study of cases gives students the opportunity to use a ready-made scheme for solving a communication problem in a certain communicative situation, forms the skills for solving deeper problems. Naturally, students will be able to apply this experience in similar cases in the implementation of future intercultural activities.