New in training a foreign language teacher in the context of global education

Abstract

The article describes theoretical foundations of global education and possibilities of their application in the process of training future foreign language teachers. It shows some productive ways to increase the level of the formation of professional competence of graduates. Mainly, during the research work on forming the professional competence of a foreign language teacher in the context of global education, the results were obtained through interviewing, observing, and analyzing professional (during teaching practice) and educational (during lessons of the optional course “Teaching a foreign language in the context of global education”) activities of foreign language students. The results showed a positive dynamics and legitimacy of the proposed approaches to enhancing the development of students’ professional competence in the context of global education. The scientific originality of the study is as follows: - the theoretical foundations for implementing the ideas of global education into the teaching of foreign languages are presented; - the role of a foreign language as an effective educational tool in implementing global education is shown; - the peculiarities of a foreign language teacher’s pedagogical activity in implementing global education ideas are presented. Thus, the article reflects the need to identify the significance and role of global research in science and to develop a common concept of global education.