Experience in organizing students' independent work on academic essay writing in English

writing an academic essay in English is essential scientific and creative students’ independent work at university; however, it is very difficult for non-linguistic bachelor students to master it. The purpose of the article is to highlight the importance to implement pedagogical guidancein students' independent learning activities in academic writing. The article presents the experience of using the modified technology of students' independent work pedagogical guidance, characterizes the stages content of the technology, and describes the activities of the teacher and students in accordance with the academic essays writing features. The methodology is based on the product and process oriented approaches to writing. The technology was tested on the first-year students of Petrozavodsk State University. Analysis of the obtained data confirmed the effectiveness of the technology. Further research can be devoted to the analysis of typical errors students make in writing academic essays and their propedeutics while organizing the students’ independent activities.