Assessing Subject Competence of Future Foreign Language Teachers During a Demonstration Exam at a University

The article reveals the peculiarities of organising and conducting a demonstration examination as a form of state final certification of a future foreign language teacher. The analysis of literature on the issue of introducing such an examination in pe­dagogical universities of Russia, in particular, with regard to the training of a foreign language teacher, has demonstrated the relevance of the problem. The authors of the article propose determining the required level of proficiency in a professionally oriented foreign language of at least B2 in accordance with the system of levels of common European competences. The study of domestic and foreign experience allowed to develop parameters for assessing the subject competence of future foreign language teachers within three checkpoints during the demonstration examination. The proposed parameters were tested in the 2023/24 academic year; positive results were obtained.