This article shows the possibility of application of techniques of developing critical thinking in the process of teaching the discipline «technology of organization of independent work» (TOIW). Applied techniques such as INSERT, «taxonomy matters», fishbone, cluster, cut and glue. All methods of forming of critical thinking consist of three phases: a call, understanding or implementation sense, reflection or meditation. And at all three stages competently structured lesson helps to raise the students ' motivation to study or to build up their skills of independent work. All issues raised before the students at this stage, the classes on the subject TOIW were aimed at the modernization of their existing knowledge, and to increase the motivation to learning, including the methods of independent work. At the stage of consideration in the process of study of discipline TOIW solved the main task: to teach students the ability to work independently with Исследование выполнено при поддержке гранта РГНФ, проект № 13-06-00078а The investigation is supported with Grant of RHSF, project № 13-06-00078а academic text. The task of the stage of reflection is to embed new skills in the system of available information on the topic, to develop a relation to it, and, if necessary, identify ways to further search on the topic. This is the final phase in the course of the training, during its presentations of representatives of the groups, which represent the jobs are. Speech by the presenter, although it is based on the result reached by the whole team, suggests version, based on the own language memory, language and communicative experience. Experience shows that application of the methods of development of critical thinking in the process of teaching TOIW allows effectively form the skills of independent work of students.