Exercises as a method of organizing students’ independent work in foreign language education

Довгополова, Ганна Геннадіївна (2026) Exercises as a method of organizing students’ independent work in foreign language education Актуальнi питання гуманiтарних наук, 1 (96). pp. 244-249. ISSN 2308-4863

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Abstract

The article examines exercises as a key method of organizing students’ independent work in foreign language education. The study is based on the understanding of independent work as a purposeful form of learning activity that ensures the gradual development of students’ linguistic knowledge, speech skills, and communicative competence. The interaction between the teacher, educational material, learning process, and students is considered as the core of instructional content, within which exercises function as both a method of teaching and a form of independent learning activity. The paper analyzes models of interaction between teachers and students according to the degree of guidance, ranging from fully teacher-controlled activity to partially guided and fully independent learning. Particular attention is paid to the transition from direct to indirect teacher influence, which corresponds to the principles of systematicity and consistency in foreign language instruction. Independent work is viewed as a process in which students gradually acquire autonomy through solving learning tasks of increasing complexity. Exercises are classified according to their function, level of difficulty, and degree of cognitive and communicative independence. The article discusses aspect (language), pre-communicative, and communicative exercises, as well as imitative, substitution, transformational, and reproductive exercises, which correspond to different stages of forming language and speech skills. The study highlights the importance of task complexity and problem-solving difficulty in fostering students’ cognitive activity and independence. It is argued that effective organization of independent work through exercises requires communicative orientation, gradual increase in learner autonomy, integration of linguistic and extralinguistic content, and systematic feedback. The article formulates key requirements for designing exercises aimed at organizing students’ independent work in foreign language education.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	exercises; independent work; foreign language education; learning tasks; communicative competence; learner autonomy; teaching methods
Subjects:	Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions:	Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра англійської мови та комунікації
Depositing User:	доцент Ганна Геннадіївна Довгополова
Date Deposited:	18 May 2026 11:32
Last Modified:	18 May 2026 11:32
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/57451

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