SCIENTIFIC PROJECT AS A FORM OF ORGANIZING INDEPENDENT STUDENTS’ WORK

Abstract

The communicative foundation of modern education aims at the individual’s understanding of the content and meaning of a statement; the use of language for effective communication; and the development of general erudition and fluency in speech. These reflect the key components of functional literacy, including information skills, critical and creative thinking, communication, and collaboration. The relevance of the topic of this research is determined by the need to apply a multi-level approach to mastering the discipline «Historical Grammar of the Russian Language» at the university level. This approach incorporates etymology, historical aspects, and cultural-value orientation in collaboration with pedagogical technologies, and it facilitates the development of both general and professional competencies in students for whom Russian is a foreign language. The goal of this article is an etymological study of the lexicosemantic group of phytonym words, one of the topics for preparing scientific projects as a form of independent student work (ISW) when studying historical aspects of the Russian language in the curriculum for the Bachelor’s program 6B01705 «Training a Teacher of the Russian Language and Literature in Schools with a Non-Russian Language of Instruction».

The theoretical significance of the work lies in the fact that such research, related to establishing etymological connections between words, provides not only extensive lexicological data but also a rich foundation for studying essential changes in the system of sounds and forms in the language. The practical significance of the work is connected to understanding the peculiarities of language development, recognizing its structure (lexicon, phonetics, grammar) as a result of historical processes and interactions. This enables a deeper insight into the facts of modern Russian language, fosters the development of students' critical thinking, and broadens their linguistic horizons. The study employed various linguistic research methods, including (1) a comprehensive selection of material from dictionaries, (2) word reconstruction, (3) descriptive, comparative-historical, structural, semantic parallel methods, and (4) surveys. The statistical method was used for counting the analyzed phytonyms.