ИСТИНА

The study is an insight into the eye‐movement patterns of language learners at different levels of mastery. Extended research into eye‐movement patterns as connected to cognitive strategies in various tasks (Velichkovsky et al., 2005; Blinnikova et al., 2016) demonstrates that oculomotor correlates can indicate the characteristics of information processing (Rayner, 2009). Thus, eye‐ movement patterns registration while performing verbal search tasks reveals the peculiarities of cognitive strategies used by ESL (English as a Second Language) students at different levels of linguistic competence.