This article analyzes such concepts as teaching, learning, pedagogical preparation, pedagogical education, which are widely used in the educational system. comparative descriptions given by local and foreign scientists, as well as the structural functions of pedagogical education, the importance of the activity-oriented educational paradigm are revealed. the main rules of person-oriented education, the main features of the personal-activity approach from the pedagogical point of view are expressed, and in general, the main task of education is solved in the process of the personal-activity approach, that is, the need to create conditions for the development of a well-rounded person, spiritual, competent, self- opinions are presented on the issue of creating a self-developing socially active person.

The article considers the problems various methods of teaching foreign languages in universities. Particular attention was paid to the following methods: direct method, grammar-translation, audiovisual, audiolingual and communicative. According to the author modern teaching methods involve the use of such a system of methods, which is aimed not at the presentation of ready-made knowledge by the teacher and their reproduction, but at the independent mastery of knowledge by the trainees in the process of active cognitive activity