Vasylyeva E. Teaching writing research paper in English to Students of Philology

The thesis deals with the methodology of teaching writing research paper in English to Students of Philological Faculties. Research paper is treated as a genre of academic writing. The methodology has been theoretically substantiated. Style characteristics of academic writing were defined. Research paper as a genre of academic writing has been specified. Peculiarities of psychological and age development of senior students, as well as their social-psychological characteristics were generalized. Text programme (procedure) of writing research paper in foreign language has been compiled. Skills which are necessary for writing research paper (thinking, info locating, research, academic writing skills, and skills dealing with extended use of English) have been selected. As a result of the research, a complex of exercises to teach writing research paper in English has been worked out and theoretically substantiated. The effectiveness of the suggested methodology was verified and confirmed during the experimental teaching. Methodological recommendations on how to organize and implement teaching writing research paper in English have been developed and applied in practice in four higher educational establishments in Ukraine.