Keyword: «requirements for teachers»

The article examines the requirements for teacher training presented in the works of scientists and philologists published in the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century in Germany and the USSR. The purpose of the study is to identify the distinctive features of a highly qualified specialist who worked at schools more than a century ago, and compare them with modern ideas about the competence of a foreign language teacher. The answer to the question which of the analyzed criteria can be considered outdated and which should be recognized as relevant in the 21st century is going to be the conclusion.