PROFESSIONAL IMAGE OF A FUTURE TEACHER OF FOREIGN LITERATURE: FROM LEARNING TO PRACTICE

Abstract

The article deals with the formation of the professional image of the future foreign literature teacher. The semantic content of the concept of professional image of a teacher is analyzed and supplemented. The structural components influencing the effective formation of the professional image of the future teacher are highlited and described. It is shown that pedagogical skills, visual image, internal appearance are important components in the structure of the professional image of the future teacher. With the peculiarities of the school subject «Foreign Literature», the specifics of forming the professional image of the future foreign literature teacher are justified. The essence of the concept of professional image of the future foreign literature teacher is revealed. The structure of professional image of future foreign literature teachers, which consists of personal, professional, socio-cultural, communicative, motivational-target, result-analytical components is developed. The basic and specific abilities that contribute to the productive formation of the professional image of the future foreign literature teacher are considered. A survey of fourth-year students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Volodymyr Hnatyuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University was conducted. The aim of the poll was to find out the attitude of students to future pedagogical activities, to identify their vision of the concepts of «professional image of a teacher», «professional image of a foreign literature teacher». The results showed that the most students consider the concept of professional image of a foreign literature teacher as a set of external, personal and professional qualities that permit the most effectively realise the educational process. The obtained results confirmed that the productive formation of the professional image of the future foreign literature teacher is based on interrelated abilities, particulary basic, linguistic, specific.