Ekaterina A. Nikolashina

Nowadays university education is becoming more practically oriented. As a result, it seems to be of current interest to change the traditional form of oral examinations. The research is aimed at working out, theoretical analyzing and practical verifying of the effectiveness of the process of professional competence forming. The author reflects on the perspectives of final qualifying examination in Practical English taken in the form of a project that provides the future Foreign Language teachers with the opportunity of personal creative accomplishment. The experiment was conducted with fifth year university graduates Field of study "Pedagogical Education with two Profiles of Preparation", specialty "Social Studies and Foreign (English) Language". There are a variety of controlling and teaching functions of the examination. This form of the exam is stated to be more practice oriented and serves to give a more objective assessment to the level of formation of necessary cultural general, professional general and professional competences. Graduators are able to demonstrate everything they have learned and experience they have gained during their professional education. The research is based on competence, comprehensive and activity-oriented approaches. Evaluating the results of the research we were impartial and objective, assessment procedure is valid and accurate. In this article, the author demonstrates the practical value of project presentation as a form of examination to assess the level of formation of the necessary cultural, general professional and professional competences. Theoretical significance of the research is seen in the possibility of quality evaluation in practical teaching and teacher knowledge. Final exam in a form of a project allows us to test the level of the level of professional foreign language (English) proficiency, the level of professional competence and stimulates teaching interest.

The article presents effective methods of developing the sociocultural competence of future teachers, identifies the basic requirements for the selection of information, and provides an analysis of specific methods on the basis of an inter-ethnic group.