Keyword: «teacher’s professional mission»

The article considers interpretation of similar but nonidentical notions: “teacher’s professional mission”, “teacher’s competence” “pedagogical vocation”. It is necessary to give a new meaning to the role of a foreign language teacher regarding the new political and economic situation in the world. Innovations taking place in the Russian educational system reflect not only the change in the role of a teacher, but also the new trends in organizing the process of education.