Abstract
Global changes across all spheres of human activity, particularly in the context of the modernization of modern society and the educational system, necessitate the constant improvement of teachers’ activities and professional qualities. Special attention is paid to the professional work of foreign language teachers due to the expansion and development of international relations and changes in the economic sphere. In order to update the concept of foreign language education, there is an increasing focus on reorganizing the educational process and implementing new methodological ideas.
It is the teacher’s skill and creative approach to organizing the foreign language learning process that contribute to achieving the main goals of language education in schools — the development of communicative competence, the cultivation of interest and motivation for learning, the broadening of students’ horizons, and the overall development of a student’s personality who aspires to participate in intercultural communication in a foreign language and who is capable of self-improvement in the future.
The role of the teacher lies not only in the transmission of language knowledge and the development of students’ foreign language skills, but also in creating a positive psychological environment in the classroom — an atmosphere that promotes the student’s creative development and fosters their personal and reflective engagement in the learning process.
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