ПРОФЕСІЙНО-ФАХОВА ПІДГОТОВКА ВЧИТЕЛЯ ІНОЗЕМНОЇ МОВИ ДЛЯ НОВОЇ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ШКОЛИ

Abstract

The article analyzes some aspects of the professional training of a foreign language teacher for the new Ukrainian school. There have been investigated the peculiarities of cooperative learning in the process of studying English, specific features of creative approach to teaching a foreign language and the development of critical thinking in the process of teaching a foreign language. It has been revealed that the main competencies in the professional training of a modern foreign language teacher are communication, creativity, critical thinking and ability to cooperate. Models of some forms of cooperative learning, speaking tasks for critical and creative thinking, as well as communication techniques in teaching foreign languages have been demonstrated.The purpose of teaching a foreign language is the formation of students’ communicative competence. The task for the EFL teacher is to organize meaningful interaction between the student and teacher, student and student in the process of foreign language communication.In the process of learning a foreign language, cooperation is required. Necessary conditions for the implementation of cooperative activities are the following: the presence of the common goal of the activity; common understanding of the task; meaningful communication between the participants.The introduction of creative technologies involves: the students’ independent search for ways and options for solving the problem; unusual working conditions; the active use of acquired knowledge in unfamiliar conditions. Non-standard tasks can be represented in the form of role-plays and business games, contests and other tasks with elements of creativity (dramatization, linguistic fairy tales, “investigation”, etc.).Critical thinking involves a set of stages: the analysis of the information personal awareness and understanding of the problem; active exchange of views with other participants; estimation of variety of considerations; choosing the right option; processing the new knowledge into your own.