The importance of supervised practice teaching in university study of university students – future teachers of Slovak and foreign languages

Abstract

The submitted article has a theoretical-empirical character. The main aim of this article is to examine the opinions of university students – future teachers of Slovak and foreign languages about supervised practice teaching by the SWOT analysis. The theoretical part of the article focuses on the elucidation of the realization of the supervised practice teaching’s essence by university students of Slovak and foreign languages’ teaching in the university educational process. There is very important to characterize the objectives, functions, tasks, and the environment of the supervised practice teaching realized by university students – future teachers of Slovak and foreign languages. The empirical part of the submitted contribution is based on the discovery of the surveyed university students – future teachers of Slovak and foreign languages views about the realization of the pedagogical practice by SWOT analysis. The pedagogical practice of higher education teachers of languages is the part of their pre-gradual grounding. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze its importance, its positives, its significance, and also its possible weakness by the view of university students, who are preparing for the languages’ teaching profession.