PROVISION OF PRACTICE-ORIENTED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF TEACHER TRAINING UNDERGRADUATES AT THE LESSONS OF LINGUODIDACTICS

When lessons of linguodidactics are organized in a master course within the framework of the pedagogical program «Language Education», the literal understanding of the definition of linguodidactics as a general theory of mastering a foreign language in the learning environment often leads to the fact that undergraduates studying linguodidactics as an academic subject consider only theoretical issues. Understanding the relationship between linguodidactics and methods of teaching foreign languages as a relationship between theory and practice narrows the scope of the subject. As a result, the competencies included in its program are formed fragmentarily, i.e. the objectives of this subject contain only the knowledge of the theory which excludes the practical implementation of linguodidactic skills. The article describes linguodidactic skills and analyzes the experience of solving the stated problem by means of creating a system of practical work of undergraduates in the process of studying linguodidactics. The proposed training course is integrative. It combines fundamental and interdisciplinary areas in linguodidactics, and presupposes a smooth transition from studying the problems of the interaction of linguistic theory with the practice of teaching foreign languages to considering linguodidactic models of mastering a foreign language and forming a multicultural linguistic personality. The possibility of undergraduates’ putting into practice linguodidactic knowledge makes their theoretical reports more profound and instructive due to their examples from the practice of teaching foreign languages that confirm their theoretical propositions. It also stimulates their critical attitude to different teaching materials. The effectiveness of the organization of practical work at the lessons of linguodidactics is also a result of studying the interrelated modules of the subject and passing from a theoretical analysis of the process of mastering a foreign language to creating your own teaching materials on a strictly scientific basis. The research shows that the academic subject «Linguodidactics» has unlimited potential for the scientific organization of the educational and methodical work of future masters of science.