"INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN EFL TEACHING WITHIN INTERNATIONAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS"

The present study emerges from an understanding that international teacher preparation programs are leading the way in modeling innovative pedagogical practices. These programs typically offer prospective teachers exposure to a variety of teaching methodologies, technological tools, and intercultural experiences that shape their professional identity and competence. By analyzing how innovation is conceptualized, implemented, and evaluated in such programs, particularly those aligned with international standards such as CELTA, TESOL, and TEFL, this study seeks to contribute to the broader efforts aimed at improving language teacher education in Uzbekistan and other post-Soviet countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).