Abstract:
This article is devoted to the issues of organizing independent work of students under the supervision of a
teacher in higher educational institutions. The article deals with such concepts as «independent work of students
», as well as «independent work of students under the supervision of a teacher» and «cognitive independence
». The authors analyzed the works of domestic and foreign researchers on the definition and forms
of organization of independent work of students under the supervision of a teacher that showed that the definition
of the IWST is treated ambiguously. The article also presents the results of a questionnaire survey of
teachers and students of the Karaganda State University named after Academician E.A. Buketov to determine
the current situation on the organization of the IWST on a foreign language, namely, to determine the role of
this type of classroom activities in the educational process, the forms of its organization, the difference of these
forms from the forms of organization of other types of occupations. To clarify the essence of the IWST
concept, the authors also considered the characteristics of the IWS, which led to the conclusion that the classification
of the types of independent work of a student under the supervision of a teacher depends on the pedagogical
goal, the nature of the student's activity, the degree of independence, and also on the specifics of the
academic subject.