THE PROBLEMS OF SELECTION OF ACADEMIC CONTENT AND METHODS OF CONDUCTING CLASSES ON THE “HISTORY OF METHODS OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN SCHOOLS” SUBJECT

Abstract

This article addresses the issues connected with the process of professional training of Master’s degree students on the educational speciality 44.04.01 - Pedagogical Education, “Foreign Language Education in the System of Specific Training”. In connection with this, the author pays much attention to the potential of the academic discipline “History of Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Russian and Foreign Schools”, within the framework of which Master’s degree students are trained to take part in the development and realization of new methods and techniques of teaching in the sphere of foreign language education. The theory of teaching foreign languages within a historical framework currently contains a lot of material to compare and correlate foreign and Russian methods of teaching for the corresponding period of time. The author points out that social and economic conditions, didactic principles and methods, advantages and disadvantages of well-known methodical schools are analyzed in the process of curricular and extracurricular work.