Innovative Tendencies in the Profession Development of Foreign Language Teachers in Russia

Abstract

The article represents the peculiarities of foreign language teachers’ professional development regarding new educational standards. The authors offer methodological justification for an advanced professional educational program which is based on using communicative situations as the core of mastering professional communicative competence. In the view of the current changes in Russian system of education communicative and situational orientation of teaching seems to be the most appropriate to satisfy the need of highly qualified foreign language school and colleges teachers and optimize the process of their advanced education.