Genre-based approach in the development of pre-service teachers’ speech competence

The article considers the genre - based approach as an effective method of forming the speech competence of a future teacher. The paper substantiates the need for a teacher to master professionally significant genre speeches for productive pedagogical communication. The foundation theoreticals of the genre approach in pedagogy are revealed. Special attention is paid to the untapped potential of the genre approach in the system of teacher training, namely informative speech genres, which perform a key function in the educational process. Methodological techniques that contribute to the formation of the genre of literacy among students of pedagogical specialties are presented. The importance of systematic work with speech genres in the development of the future teacher’s communicative culture is emphasized.