Keyword: «students’ independent work»

The need of the modern society for highly qualified and competent specialists, reflected in the regulatory documents of the Federal State Educational Standards, imposes new requirements on contemporary universities in regards of the master’s degree graduates’ professional training. They encompass the students’ ability to conduct research work in a foreign language both in the oral and in written forms; readiness for scientific discourse through research results’ publications in highly rated journals. One of the imperatives in cited publications is the structured abstract’s design based on key points’ content when written in a foreign language. However, a course of the foreign language academic writing is not included into the list of compulsory disciplines for master degree programs. As practice shows, students do not have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to independently design a foreign language abstract for a scientific article. This fact is conditioned by the lack of the special pedagogical system aimed purposefully at the foreign language academic writing skills development. The goal of the study is to develop a modified pedagogical technology supporting independent work of the master’s degree students executing a foreign language abstract for a scientific text. The author rationalized the need for the modified pedagogical support technology development based on the analysis of documentary sources and research literature on the problem, questionnaires, diagnostic tests and public assessment of the students’ academic activity results. The pedagogical support technology modification features were revealed on the ground of the theoretical basis of "academic writing", interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. The modified technology stages are presented and described in the article. Methodological materials for training and diagnostic assessment of the students’ independent activity results are characterized. The theoretical significance of the study lies in detailing and rationalization of methodological approaches that form the basis of the modified pedagogical support technology for master’s degree students’ independent work. The practical significance of the study is conditioned by the possibility of employing presented modified technology in all areas of master’s degree students’ training aimed at academic writing skills development.