Modern Education Technologies for Pre-Service Foreign Language Teachers

The article is devoted to the problem of modern education technologies in the pre-service training of teachers in the logic of the competence-based approach, due to the requirements of the Russian National Curriculum of Higher Education and in connection with the transition to the tiered system of professional training. The author describes the application of one of the most up-to-date and efficient technologies aimed at developing pre-service foreign language teachers' professional competence at the course of professional training - Network Electronic Portfolio. Detailed analyses of its structure alongside with the experimental data are presented in the research. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.