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. The training of high-level specialists requires the active introduction of pedagogical technologies into the educational system of higher education that contribute to the development of higher-order thinking. In addition, the development and testing of technologies for the development of critical thinking in higher education in Russia encounter significant difficulties. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the need for and the possibility of developing critical thinking when teaching a foreign language at a university, in particular, within the framework of the interdisciplinary course “Media Literacy”. Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the study is a competency-based approach to teaching a foreign language based on the technology of critical thinking through reading and writing. The main research methods are the analysis of the scientific literature of Russian and foreign scientists on the problem, diagnostic techniques (questionnaires, observation), and Lauren Starkey’s critical thinking test. Experimental research, consisting of setting, ascertaining, training, and control stages, was carried out in the Petrozavodsk State University in 2016–2019. It was attended by 260 first- and fourth-year undergraduate students of non-linguistic fields of study. For a comparative analysis of the data obtained in different groups of subjects, the Wilcoxon statistical test was used for related samples. Results. During the study, the author’s training course “Media Literacy. Analyzing Mass Media in English” and the learning kit “Mass Media” in 3 parts were developed and tested. The comparative analysis of the data obtained before and after training revealed significant dynamics in the experimental group (Z=-5.07; p≤0.001), and moderate dynamics in the control group (Z=-2.34; p≤0.05). On the final cut, the experimental group demonstrated a significantly higher level of critical thinking (at the 0.1% significance level) than in the control group, with the mean values of the integral indicator being 25.17 and 19.96 points, respectively. Conclusions. The research results confirm the hypothesis about the possibility of forming a universal competency “critical thinking” by taking the course “Media Literacy” in a foreign language. The developed training course is interdisciplinary and can be used in different fields of study for undergraduate and graduate programs.

Development of critical thinking in the formation of foreign language communicative competence through the example of the course “Media Literacy”