Main tendencies of the development of the pre-service language teacher education in Ukraine

Abstract. The article deals with the description of the on-going joint project of the British Council Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine "New Generation School Teacher". The authors reveal the findings of the Baseline study, carried out by the members of the project team, draw the readers’ attention to the innovative Methodology Curriculum, designed for the future teachers of English, analyse the content of this curriculum, describe the features of the piloting process. The authors provide the readers with specific information, given in the monitoring report. The further stages of project implementation are specified. Keywords: pre-service language teacher education, methodology, methodology curriculum, future teachers, piloting, monitoring.