Experimental stage
The linguistic aspect of the communicative - oriented language training of EFL
teachers includes: 1) linguistic phenomena that represents the specifics of the
realization of the professional - pedagogical activity of the teacher of a foreign
language; 2) special professionally-oriented texts (newspaper and magazine articles,
literary texts, interviews); 3) themes, as a reflection of the issues discussed in the
context of professionally - oriented training. Each professionally-oriented sub-theme
includes typical communicative situations; 4) professionally-oriented speech
situations; 5) visual-textual materials (films, videos, pragmatic materials). The
psychological aspect of the content of the professionally - oriented language training
of EFL teachers consists of the skills and abilities that contribute to the realization of
distinguished professional - pedagogical functions of the foreign language teacher, in
which professionally - communicative competence of EFL teachers finds its
realization. Didactic - methodological aspect of the professionally - oriented training
of future teacher of a foreign language aims to teach students the methods of the
educational process, contributing to the development of professional and personal
qualities of future teachers of a foreign language necessary for successful teaching.
Procedural block includes learning technologies, forms and methods of
organization of educational process and system of exercises for consolidating the
language material. Different forms of educational interactions are used in the given
model of the process of formation of foreign language communicative competence of
EFL teachers. Group work is preferred during the general discussion of
professionally-related information. When performing creative tasks the work is
organized in small groups. When working with receptive tasks or tasks that require
preliminary preparation, an important role is played by the individual work of
students.