Organization of individual work of students in the process of reading works of English and American literature

The article under consideration throws light upon the problem organization of individual work of students in the process of reading works of English and American literature. The article explains the role of independent work in shaping the professional competence of the future teacher; it is proved that individual work is the main means of mastering the educational material in extra time because it is aimed at finding the necessary information, meaningful and creative perception of it; forms and types of the analyzed work are determined, methodological support that determines the effectiveness of its organization; the stages of formation of students' skills of independent work are characterized, importance systematic control of its quality; named types of independent work in the process of mastering the Ukrainian language and methods of teaching it; linguo-didactic tasks governing the interaction between subjects are illustrated educational process, stimulate the formation of professional qualities of a philologist.