SOME ASPECTS OF TESTOLOGICAL COMPETENCE FORMATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
The articledeals with the issues of the peculiaruties of the testological competence formation as one of the key factors influencing the level of professional competence of the English language teachers. The issue under consideration is vital due to the transfer to the independent testing system, wide spread growth of the International qualification exams and introduction of specific demands to the English language teachers´ training and retraining precess. The structure of testological competence, some aspects of test preparation strategies is being conserned. the issue of the importance of the formation of the specific testological culture is also viewed upon. the paper confirms the importance of testological competence development as one of the priority tasks for the Russian system of education due to the substantiated necessity of choosing the optimum ways of controlling and checking the acquired knowledge and skills and also due to the implementation of the international standards of language teaching and testing.