Abstract
The problem of the article is connected with the formation of future teachers of a foreign language reflexive competence in higher education institution. The article reveals the importance of reflexion in the formation of professional experience of a university student, characterizes the reflexive actions necessary for its successful development, considers effective ways of organization reflexive analysis of the student’s work. Drawing attention to the necessity of forming the reflexive competence of a future foreign language teacher, the author of the article reveals the reflexive potential of the special course. Special attention is given to the description of the “Reflexive Diary”. The publication has both theoretical and methodological as well as practical character. The experience of designing the content and structure of the reflective diary presented in it. It can be successfully used in the course of the special course “Reflective teaching practice” in the future teacher training.The offered reflective diary is carried out as means of forming reflective skills of students. The structural construction and the contents of the reflective diary are revealed, the stages of work with the diary are designated. The value of application of this means from the point of view of the competence approach is considered. It is directed on achievement of heights of professional skill and connected with formation of self-organization, self-control, self-improvement, self-correction, self-regulation of the personality. The purpose of our research is to study the technology of implementation of the reflective diary in the educational process of students’ training, to ensure students’ readiness to solve professional problems. The authors conclude that the introduction of a reflective diary will make the educational process for students personally significant, in which each student will be able to fully reveal their creative potential, to show professional abilities to solve problems.