THE FORMATION OF SELF-EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Today in Russian higher education we can observe a paradigm shift from "teaching" - when the person is taught to the "learning" - when the person learns himself, which means the transition from educational paradigm to self-educational paradigm, where self-education has become a real need of each person. The article aims to analyze the formation of self-educational competence of university students in the process of foreign language learning. The author gives the definition of the concept "self-education" in the context of lifelong learning, defines the nature and content of the self-educational competence of university students. The author distinguishes four components of self-educational competence of university students: motivational, cognitive, activity and reflexive and gives detailed description of them. The materials of this research can be used by teachers in the development of special courses of lectures and seminars on the organization of self-education of university students.