ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ СТУДЕНТОВ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОГО ВУЗА ПРИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ АУДИТОРНОЙ И ВНЕАУДИТОРНОЙ РАБОТЫ НА ИНОСТРАННОМ ЯЗЫКЕ

Abstract

The article researches into the possible ways and need for developing professional competence of would-be teachers of foreign languages both in class and while preparing for classes. It has been revealed that while organizing class and out-of-class language activities the emphasis is on developing students’ communicative competence. Professional competence of would-be-teachers of foreign languages is developed in the framework of the discipline Language Teaching Methods, which is studied from the third year at university. Would-be-teachers must be able to use professional terminology, to model professional communication situations in class, to motivate, to explain, and to assess in the foreign language they are studying and are going to teach. Language practice classes very seldom include materials containing professionally-oriented texts. The professionally-oriented component of students’ language competence is not part of the syllabus. It is not assessed at any level, nor it is reflected in the teaching materials. As a result, when having their first teaching practice students experience personal informational problems with classroom management and organizing classroom interaction, which are caused by students’ low level of professional competence. It is proposed to include didactic simulation into the educational process so that foreign language would-be teachers could develop their professional competence from the very first year at pedagogical university. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to create conditions and situations where students could be actively involved and could show their creativity, to shift the focus from the learner to the teacher.