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The importance of the professional competence of forign
language teachers
Halima MUHAMMADIEVA
1
Namangan State University
ARTICLE INFO
ABSTRACT
Article history:
Received April 2021
Received in revised form
20 April 2021
Accepted 15 May 2021
Available online
25 June 2021
Today, the process of reforming the teaching of foreign
languages has intensified due to the globalization of social,
economic and political problems around the world. Teaching and
learning foreign languages is becoming a vital necessity for every
nation. In modern Uzbekistan, the role of teaching and
developing foreign languages, especially English, is currently of
great value. Learning English is a necessity of life and is one of
the basic requirements of modern society. In this article, the
author addresses the problem of the professional competence of
foreign language teachers which are necessary for successful
pedagogical activity.
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Keywords:
competence,
professional competence of
foreign language teacher,
qualification.
Xorijiy til o‘qituvchilarining kasbiy kompetentligining ahamiyati
ANNOTATSIYA
Kalit so‘zlar:
kompetensiya,
chet tili o‘qituvchisining
kasbiy kompetentligi,
malaka.
Bugungi kunda butun dunyoda ijtimoiy, iqtisodiy va siyosiy
muammolarning globallashuvi tufayli chet tillarini o‘qitishni
isloh qilish jarayoni jadallashdi. Chet tillarni o‘qitish va o‘rganish
har bir xalq uchun hayotiy zaruratga aylanib bormoqda. Yangi
O‘zbekistonda chet tillarini, ayniqsa ingliz tilini o‘rgatish va
rivojlantirishning roli hozirda juda katta ahamiyatga ega. Ingliz
tilini o‘rganish hayotning zarurati va zamonaviy jamiyatning
asosiy talablaridan biridir. Ushbu maqolada muallif muvaffa-
qiyatli o‘qitish faoliyati uchun zarur bo‘lgan chet tili o‘qituvchi-
larining kasbiy kompetentsiyasi muammosiga murojaat qiladi.
1
Senior lecturer, Namangan State University, Namangan, Uzbekistan.
E-mail: halimahon77@mail.ru.
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Важность профессиональной компетентности преподавателей
иностранного языка
АННОТАЦИЯ
Ключевые слова:
компетентность,
профессиональная
компетентность учителя
иностранного языка,
квалификация.
Сегодня
процесс
реформирования
преподавания
иностранных
языков
активизировался
в
связи
с
глобализацией социальных, экономических и политических
проблем во всем мире. Преподавание и изучение иностранных
языков становится жизненной необходимостью для каждого
народа. В современном Узбекистане большое значение имеет
преподавание и развитие иностранных языков, особенно
английского.
Изучение
английского
языка
является
жизненной
необходимостью и одним из основных
требований современного общества. В статье автор
обращается к проблеме профессиональной компетентности
учителей иностранного языка, необходимой для успешной
педагогической деятельности.
The professional competence of a teacher is understood as an integral characteristic
that determines the ability to solve professional problems arising in real situations in
professional activity, the use of knowledge of professional and life experience, values and
inclinations. Today, the study and mastery of a foreign language is one of the important
requirements in connection with scientific and technological progress, we are increasingly
faced with the fact that knowledge of the language is necessary and is an integral factor of
success in a multicultural world. The study of foreign languages provides for the
development of international cooperation, open access to the achievements of world
science and information resources. The recent reforms and the decrees of the president of
our country phased improvement of teaching foreign languages, the entire educational
system, from preschool to postgraduate education. This is due to the need to improve the
system of teaching foreign languages in all fields of science, as well as to train future highly
qualified specialists of philologists who are fluent in a foreign language. Professional
development is a specially organized purposeful process to expand the level of
qualification of a person who has or is receiving secondary professional and higher
education, by improving professional competencies in accordance with new socio-
economic, technological conditions and / or Uzbek and international requirements and
standards [3].
As many methodological researchers note, modern requirements for a teacher’s
qualifications include: to training, professional development and retraining of teaching
staff. In the professional standard, it is noted that the qualifications of a teacher reflect the
level of professional training of a teacher and his competence to work in the field of
education. The qualification of a teacher is made up of his professional competencies.
Let’s clarify the concepts of “competence” and “qualifications” to understand the
requirements of the standard for a teacher, and in particular for a teacher of a foreign
language. Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary interprets the word “qualification” as
a
skill or type of experience that you need for a particular job or activity
”. “Competence” is
a
skill that you need in a particular job or for a particular task
. Therefore, in order to become
a competent teacher of a foreign language, it is necessary to have a certain set of
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competencies that allows him to effectively act in the field of foreign language education
and have a certain level of qualifications. Competence is understood by us as the ability of
successful activity due to the formed skills and acquired knowledge or a set of
competencies necessary for professional activity.
The professional competence of a teacher is understood as an integral characteristic
that determines the ability to solve professional problems arising in real situations in
professional activity, the use of knowledge of professional and life experience, values and
inclinations. The Council of Europe identifies five core competencies required by any
specialist today.
In the context of improving the qualifications of foreign language teachers, they
acquire special significance.
1.
Political and social competences associated with the ability to take responsibility,
participate in joint decision-making, and participate in the functioning and development
of democratic institutions.
2.
Competencies related to life in a multicultural society, designed to prevent the
emergence of xenophobia, the spread of a climate of intolerance and promote both the
understanding of differences and the willingness to live with people of other cultures,
languages and religions.
3.
Competencies that determine the proficiency of oral and written communication,
important in work and social life to such an extent that those who do not own them are
threatened with isolation from society. This group of communication includes proficiency
in several languages, which is becoming increasingly important.
4.
Competences associated with the emergence of the information society.
Possession of new technologies, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, the ability
to critically approach information and advertising disseminated through the media and the
Internet.
5.
Competencies that realize the ability and desire to learn throughout life, not only
professionally, but also in personal and social life.
6.
Now, we can interpret the above competencies and choose which competences
are very necessary for the professional competencies of a foreign language teacher. Thus,
the professional competencies of a foreign language teacher include: social, sociolinguistic
and communicative.
Social competence implies the willingness and desire to interact with other people,
that is, to act in society, taking into account the positions of other people.
Sociolinguistic competence allows you to form the ability to act in accordance with
the native and other culture, applying universal human morality, cultural identity and legal
knowledge appropriately.
Communicative competence contributes to the entry into communication in order
to be understood by others by means of foreign language communication, to communicate
through language, transmit thoughts and exchange them in various situations in the
process of interacting with other participants in communication. At the same time, it is
correct to use the system of linguistic and speech norms and correctly choose the
communicative behavior that is adequate to the authentic communicative situations.
In order to develop above-mentioned professional competences, the teacher of
foreign language needs to be engaged in self-education, self-monitoring and self-regulation
to comply with all requirements of teaching as well. To meet all the requirements that are
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presented today to a foreign language teacher, it is necessary to constantly engage in self-
education. Self-education can be successfully carried out through distance educational
technologies. The features of distance learning technologies include the variety and
flexibility of the tools, methods and organizational forms of training used, as well as the
differentiation of educational processes in the direction and content, and its leading idea
is the desire for constant self-development and self-restoration of the specialist as a subject
of activity throughout life. The system of continuous professional development of scientific
and pedagogical workers can be represented as a set of personalized distance educational
programs (modules/courses, internships) aimed at expanding the level of professional
qualification by improving professional competencies in accordance with new
requirements and standards.
Currently, educational institutions of higher education in our country are creating a
network of multimedia classrooms in a single multi-service interactive educational
environment, which allows students to carry out theoretical and practical training using
the latest information technologies, quickly access the repositories of educational
materials (engineering educational portal, websites of faculties and departments,
electronic library, etc.), conduct video conferences, testing, and most importantly, remote
access to unique laboratory stands and servers with specialized software is provided.
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