IMAGE OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER: STRUCTURE AND CONTENT

Abstract

The article examines the main features of the definition “professional image” in relation to a foreign language teacher. Most attention is paid to its structure and content. The functions of the foreign language teacher image, as professional, social, spiritual and moral, visual are explained. Its influence on the course of professional activity is also considered. On the basis of participants in the educational process in the higher education institutions sociological survey, it is said about the most important qualities of a foreign language teacher that form his professional image. In the final part of the article, it is concluded that a positive professional image of a foreign language teacher in a modern university is standing in the number of the most important factors of the effectiveness of the educational process.