Profession-oriented training of foreign language teachers in modern conditions

Abstract

The study discusses the problem of competitive specialist training in the field of intercultural contacts and aims to assess the opportunities and main means to improve professional training for competitive specialists, which are considered quality indicators for university education. The authors analyse global educational practices, define the concept of ‘profession-oriented training technology’, identify relevant problematic affecting the efficiency of vocational training quality, consider general trends and principles for modelling profession-oriented technologies, and argue that applying profession-oriented training technology ensures high quality training results for a competitive specialist whose qualification complies with the world standards.

Keywords

• foreign language training
• intercultural communication
• profession-oriented technology
• multicultural environment
• competitive specialist