ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ВИКЛАДАЧА ІНОЗЕМНОЇ МОВИ В РІЗНОВІКОВІЙ НАВЧАЛЬНІЙ ГРУПІ

Abstract

The article substantiates the necessity of studying features of a foreign language teacher’s educational activities in a multi-aged group. Individual and psychological peculiarities of students and learning differences of young people, college-age students and adults are studied. Difficulties faced by adult students are investigated. Features of teaching and educational process in a multi-aged group are considered. The professional competence of a foreign language teacher is viewed as the unity of psychological, theoretical and practical readiness and the ability to conduct successful pedagogical activity of foreign language teaching in a multi-aged group of learners. It is determined that the purpose of teaching a foreign language in a multi-aged group is the formation of students’ communicative competence and the main method of teaching is the communicative method. It is proved that working in a multi-aged group involves certain experience of a teacher, his or her knowledge of developmental and pedagogical psychology, professional competence, knowledge of modern teaching methods, features of using the latest educational technologies, ability to apply different methods and techniques while working, being ready for self-developement and practical activity improvement. A teacher’s personality plays an important role in teaching in a multi-aged group. All of the above-mentioned components of a teacher’s pedagogical activity in a multi-aged group of learners are relevant considering the European integration of Ukraine’s educational space. Taking into account individual psychological peculiarities of multi-aged students, features of teachers’ professional competence and the purpose of teaching a foreign language, the main principles of effective teaching in a multi-aged group of students were pointed out.