INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING IN THE EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL AREA

Abstract

The scientific article is devoted to the formation of the international qualification requirements list and generaland specific standards for the foreign language teacher training in the European model of teacher education.The author highlights the state of research and analyzes the European requirements for the profession of teacherin general and foreign language teachers in particular, which provided an opportunity to explore key aspectsof the profession and ways of its development in the nearest future. The topicality of the researched question, which consists of the introduction and observance of the international requirements in the course of foreignlanguages teacher training during formal pedagogical education, is defined. The publication also definesthe concept of “professional foreign language teacher training”, as a result of which the compliance of teachertraining programs and international requirements with standards which are implemented in the Europeaneducational area is analyzed.The article reviews the stages of creating an international qualifications framework, and the preconditionsfor its emergence, as well as clarifies which framework were the basis and the time of its adoptionand implementation. The author reveals the features of the national qualifications framework of Europeancountries, their purpose and function.The publication identifies the stages of creating a list of international requirements for the qualityof specialist qualifications, describes their essence and features. The study revealed the structural componentsof the qualification framework, including knowledge, skills, and competencies. The structure of qualificationrequirements for the foreign language teacher profession is also exposed.In the process of reviewing the qualification framework, the requirements for professional training, whichare specified in the educational standards of the countries and the concept of standard in teacher education,are revealed. There are four main goals of international standards for FL teacher training and their types.The list of standards for the future foreign language teacher training is defined, which are divided into threebasic sections: professional values and qualities; professional knowledge; professional skills. As a resultof the qualification requirements, the qualification framework study, international requirements and standardsof foreign language teaching, a positive impact on the quality of foreign language teacher training in pedagogicaleducation of the European educational area was revealed.