The mission of a foreign language teacher in the changing world

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of foreign language teaching in the conditions of limited educational mobility of students, in which it is necessary to revise the strategy of teaching foreign languages and its goals. The tasks of developing the skills of oral and written communication in the target language, expanding the horizons of students by getting to know a new culture and developing general erudition, as well as the formation of critical thinking, a deep and comprehensive study of the native culture for a worthy translation of its values into the world become the priority. The article analyzes the results of a survey of students about their ideas about what an ideal teacher should be. A modern teacher cannot be limited to tasks of an exclusively didactic nature, but must follow the development of the neurosciences that study the activity of the brain in order to effectively use methods and techniques that stimulate cognitive processes in the process of learning foreign languages. It is also necessary to take into account changes affecting the motivational attitudes of the audience and its ability to perceive information. The main change was the significantly increased need of students for the psychological support of the teacher, in a more friendly, open and emotionally balanced environment; the survey showed a desire to see a teacher who is not only passionate about his work, but also able to interest students who are not always motivated and are largely stressed. In a constantly changing world, the treasures of native culture remain unchanged and stable values that can expand the horizons of knowledge and provide strong guidelines for professional activity, the transmission of which to the world gives a special meaning to the study of foreign languages and brings the mission of a teacher to a qualitatively different level.