LINGUODIDACTIC PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZING THE TRAINING OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article presents the problem of determining the principles of training the future primary school teachers for their integrated professional activity in a foreign language. The principle-forming systems of training future teachers of different specialties are presented and compared in the article. Linguodidactic principles of organizing the training of future primary school teachers for integrated professional activity are established. These principles are: 1) the principle of procedural integration of teaching two different subjects in a united educational process; 2) the principle of motivation of professional activity both in the aspect of teaching fine arts to junior students, and in the aspect of mastering a foreign language as a means of teaching the major subject in English; 3) the principle of teacher’s self-realization in his high-level artistic skills and fluent mastering a foreign language in general educational and social-communicative forms; 4) the principle of teacher’s high-level methodological competency, based on a set of artistic, linguo-communicative and methodological competencies; 5) the principle of reflexively conditioned self-education, which is manifested in the reflexive need to learn new information, in setting goals for self-improvement and ways to achieve them; study of the professional literature, including literature in a foreign language; attempts to realize their professional potential in new types of painting and commenting on their actions in a foreign language; deepening their theoretical knowledge through various research works; 6) the principle of continuity of education, which is manifested in the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills in the disciplines studied and their perfection throughout the whole conscious life; 7) the principle of the teacher’s readiness for his professional activity, which is manifested in the ability to transfer to students his knowledge and skills in the field of the subject being taught.