The formation of acmeological competence among the future foreign languages teachers in higher education institutions

Abstract

The article examines the degree of acmeological competence formation among the future foreign languages teachers, since, according to scientists’ research in this field, acmeological competence plays an important role in the formation of a future teacher’s personal and professional attributes, as well as in his selfdevelopment throughout his career. The need for the trilingual education policy, where such personal qualities as self-development, self-realization, and self-improvement important for implementation, has been revealed as well. Such concept definition as «acmeological competence» has been defined, and the level of future teachers’ knowledge concerning this concept has been studied. The study resulted in the following conclusions: most of the future teachers are able to independently solve problems related to their professional activity, which can have a positive effect on their competencies; future foreign languages teachers attach particular importance to the transmission of knowledge, skills, as well as modern teaching methods, whereas the knowledge concerning the personal and professional advancement and motivation for self-development are relegated to the background; the majority of future teachers have no idea of the acmeological competence essence and make no effort on bringing out the best in themselves. Thus, the conclusion says that the future foreign languages teachers are not sufficiently informed about the «acmelogical competence» concept and the importance of its study. Hence, the degree of acmeological competence formation among future foreign languages teachers leaves much to be desired.