Ascertaining experiment in the system of methods of linguodidactic and methodological research

Abstract

The problem of organizing, implementing, and describing the results of linguodidactic and methodological qualification research by foreign students-philologists is an urgent issue that requires coverage of its theoretical and practical aspects, as evidenced by the analysis of theses of foreign students-philologists and their recognition of difficulties that arise in the process of performing qualification research, including those met during the application of the method of ascertaining experiment and its description. The purpose of the article is to describe the essence of the ascertaining experiment and the features of the speech genre in which it is reproduced in the text of linguodidactic and methodological research. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: analysis of theoretical sources, synthesis, and generalization of the obtained information; observation of the educational process and analysis of qualification studies of graduates-philologists; questionnaires of students and conversations with teachers to identify difficulties that arise during the application of the ascertaining experiment. The main results of the study are as follows: description of the goals, objectives, and content essence of the ascertaining experiment in linguodidactic and methodological research; clarification of the terminology used; description of the speech genre of the ascertaining experiment; selection of language markers for teaching foreign philologists to describe the ascertaining experiment. It is proved that the ascertaining experiment is carried out to obtain more detailed information for orientation in the initial level of the studied linguodidactic or methodological problem and provides the basis for theoretical modeling of a more effective educational process. New knowledge about the subject of research was acquired in the course of the ascertaining experiment, which gives reason to call the method an experiment. The description of the ascertaining experiment is a secondary speech genre, standardized in composition and language tools. Since each component of the text of this genre is designed using standardized language tools, it is advisable to train foreign graduates-philologists to use these tools. The prospects of the research consist in the theoretical substantiation and development of a system of exercises for the effective formation of skills to carry out and describe an ascertaining experiment by foreign philologists.