(2018) Science and education, 4, 137-143. Odessa.

Yaroslav Haleta,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Pedagogy and Educational Management,
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University,
1, Shevchenka Str., Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine,
Olena Habelko,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Linguodidactics and Foreign Languages,
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University,
1, Shevchenka Str., Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine,
Tetiana Dombrovan,
Doctor of Philology, associate professor,
professor of the Department of English Grammar,
Mechnikov І.І. Odessa National University,
2, Dvorianska Str., Odesa, Ukraine

DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL MATURITY OF FUTURE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE TEACHERS BY MEANS OF INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

The article deals with the necessity of implementing information technologies in the educational process in terms of foreign language teacher training, taking into account the social and cultural situation, which is reflected in the educational system. Professional maturity consists of stable professional motivation, professional identity, as well as acquired knowledge and skills of professional activity in the chosen field. It is considered to be the highest point of professional development. Special attention in the paper is focused on the issue of information structuring, since information and communication technologies provide a wide range of opportunities for presenting information. The structuring of information accelerates the formation of the image of the subject. The implementation of this viewpoint was carried out by means of multimedia and hypertext tools, which contain all the disjoint methods of structured information representing. The reasoning of the use of multimedia tools is based on the fact that students, while using them, become subjects of the educational process, which is a prerequisite for the development of the professional maturity. The effectiveness of information technologies in the development of professional maturity of future foreign language teachers has been confirmed. The assessment of the degree of professional maturity of future foreign language teachers has been conducted by means of expert evaluation. For this purpose, the indicators of the phenomenon under study have been determined. These include: focus on professional success, professional identity, professional self-esteem, ability to self-regulation, ability to solve professional development tasks.

professional maturity, professional development, professional motivation, information and communication technologies, multimedia, the integrity of professional formation.

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