The article presents the forms and possibilities of professional development for teachers of Slovene as a foreign language at universities abroad. Recent years have seen an increase in awareness of the specialist skills and fields of knowledge which a teacher sent to a foreign university needs to perform a variety of tasks, including teaching the language, researching, organising cultural events and spreading awareness of Slovenia and its language. Global socioeconomic changes have influenced the re-evaluation of academic goals and the reshaping of curricula, and have had an impact on the demands the host university has towards teachers of Slovene, who must therefore constantly develop their general, didactic and subject-specific competences in the course of formal and informal education and professional development.
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