COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EXPERIENCE OF RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN PRACTICES OF LINGUISTIC EDUCATION

Abstract

The article examines problems of experience of foreign practices of linguistic education in the context of teaching English. Attention is drawn to the increasing importance of linguistic education in the world and in the Russian Federation, which actualizes and gives importance to the profession of a teacher of a foreign language and its methodological training. Specificity of training of foreign language teachers in the framework of higher education in the Russian Federation is revealed. Key competencies that are focused on the training of foreign language teachers are studied. It is concluded that the training of foreign language teachers is carried out according to the standards of the Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education, which describe all kinds of competencies characteristic of this specialty. Attention is drawn to the essence of methodology of linguistic education abroad, its distinctive features are revealed based on an analysis of training programs of key British universities. On the basis of the analysis, possible ways of optimizing Russian linguistic education are proposed, in particular, specifying such indicators as subject knowledge, abilities and skills, as well as requirements for personal and professional growth and development of future teachers of a foreign language based on foreign experience.