CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING VIA PROJECT-BASED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

The main requirement of the modern educational process is to form independent thinking, analysis, evaluation and reasoning skills in students. Among such competencies, critical thinking is of particular importance, which is becoming an effective tool for both language teaching and expanding the scope of thinking in English lessons. Today, among many educational methods, Project-Based Learning (PBL) is considered one of the most innovative and effective methods for developing critical thinking. PBL involves students in practical research, experimentation, communication, problem solving and cooperation. However, a number of pedagogical, organizational, technological and psychological problems are observed when using this method in English language education.