Case Studies as an Effective Method in Teaching English

Abstract

The work deals with the analysis of the application of the case studies method for teaching the professional English language. The work reveals case studies as an appropriate research design to gain concrete, contextual, in-depth knowledge about a specific real-world subject. It is stressed that this innovative methodology allows to study the key characteristics, meanings, and implications of the case. Case studies method is considered for teaching English as a foreign language at Economic Universities. A wide range of educational challenges and opportunities such as group working, individual study skills, information gathering and analysis, presentation and practical skills, time management is highlighted in the work.