PROBLEM OF ASSESSING THE REFERENCE OF PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALITIES OF A TEACHER IN THE MODERN WORLD

Abstract

The article addresses key issues regarding how the image of a university instructor is perceived by students, viewed through the lens of non-professional linguistic consciousness. The study is based on empirical research data. The introduction substantiates the importance of examining the perception of a practicing instructor’s personality among both Russian and international student audiences. The article identifies and analyzes the primary professional and personal qualities that are pivotal in shaping the image of the modern university educator. Their correlation helps to attract an audience of students, has a significant impact on the learning process and on the degree of perception of new information by students, etc. The main attention in the work of the author focuses on the organization of the image of both the ideal and the “bad” teacher, according to students. The work establishes what competencies and skills teachers should have, as well as what functions they perform. In conclusion, the author managed to construct two models of the image of a modern teacher due to the actualization of the meta-language consciousness of recipients.