Keyword: «extracurricular reading»

the article considers one of the tasks of modern education - the development of critical thinking. Definitions of the concept of critical thinking, stages and methods of work in relation to extracurricular reading are presented. The results of an experiment on the development of critical thinking in the process of extracurricular reading are described.

The article discusses the main goals and principles of the organization of extracurricular reading as one of the types of independent work in a foreign language of cadets of a military air force institute. The techniques of working with text used for different types of reading are also considered.