HEALTH COMPETENCE OF A MODERN TEACHER OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The problem of the importance of modern human health necessitates the inclusion of teachers and
students as participants in the educational process in health activities during educational and professional
activities. A special role in this process is given to the teacher, who has to solve problems and take actions related
to strengthening and maintaining their own health and the health of students. The specifics of a foreign language
teacher's activity, which are associated with long and painstaking work on large amounts of textual information,
prompt to clarify the issue of health competence as an important component of his professional competence. The
issue requires the disclosure and research of all its aspects also due to the fact that the vast majority of research
is devoted to the formation of health competence of teachers of general secondary education, rather than teachers
of higher education. In the course of scientific research, the concept of health was clarified, which is defined as
a characteristic of the state and harmonious functioning of all components of individual human health (physical,
mental, social, spiritual), positive interaction of the organism with the environment. and strengthening. The social
nature of health has been determined, and in our opinion, the teacher has an impact on the process of health care
at the macro, meso and micro levels. The concepts of "health", "health culture", "health technologies" are
outlined. Based on the analysis of ideas about the nature of health and its structure, as well as on the analysis of
interpretations of health competence of teachers of general secondary education and the specifics of foreign
language teacher, the essence and concept of "health competence of foreign language teacher". This allows for
further research on ways to develop the health competence of a foreign language teacher.