Sociolinguistic competence as evidence of the teacher's professional skill

The study analyzes professionally significant areas of communication, which, according to the authors, provide an idea of the possibilities of developing pedagogical specialists from the standpoint of a competence-­based approach; arguments are given about the importance of developing students' sociolinguistic competence and it is proved that sociolinguistic competence is evidence of a teacher's professional skills. In their reasoning, the authors proceed from the fact that the development of sociolinguistic competence in teachers and students of pedagogical specialties is relevant in the modern world in general and in the bilingual, multilingual context of Kazakhstan in particular. During the study, it was determined that this competence is expressed in the ability to use the metalanguage of sociolinguistics, terms and their definitions presented in regulatory documents. The authors draw special attention to the fact that in the conditions of the diverse ethnolinguistic landscape of Kazakhstan, it is extremely important to take into account modern realities, to pay attention to the specific rules of speech communication associated with the cultural and linguistic characteristics of representatives of various ethnic groups, while developing the skills of organizing pedagogical communication taking into account a specific pedagogical situation.