Students’ teaching practice of bachelor’s degree linguists as an essential stage in implementation and improvement of professional competences

Abstract

One of the most important purposes of Higher Education is to train highly competent specialists, to provide high quality education as a result of mastering educational programs in accord with the requirements of Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) of Higher Education. This purpose is the key point in the work of any Institution of Higher Education. Modern competences paradigm of Higher Education (bachelor’s degree) is directed to form the following types of competences: general cultural competences (gcc), general professional competences (gpc) and professional competences (pc) which are presented in the working programs of the faculties or departments the subjects are taught by. In the set of compulsory subjects there is Working (teaching) practice of Bachelor’s degree Linguists which is held in secondary general education schools. This kind of practical education is considered by teachers, psychologists and scientists-methodologists as one of the most significant stages in training teachers which leads to improving professional competences of students-linguists - future foreign language teachers. In this article we pay attention to investigation of professional competencies of linguists – future foreign language teachers. It is in the course of teaching practice that future specialists have opportunities to demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities, to implements and improve their professional competences.