This article discusses the problems and prospects for introducing a dual education system in pedagogical higher educational institutions. The key idea of dual training is the preparation of specialists with double institutional consolidation of vocational education programs, which involves two guiding vectors: theoretical training of specialists within the walls of a university or college, and practical training in natural conditions of production, business and company under the control of employers. On the example of the implementation process of dual-oriented training of future foreign language teachers, more precisely, future teachers of the Russian language and literature, at Abai KazNPU (Kazakhstan), a qualitative and quantitative analysis of educational programs, interviews and surveys with students, and representatives of different educational institutions were presented. The results of the article showed that introducing elements of dual education in pedagogical universities are complex and multifaceted, but, at the moment, it has a positive effect on future pedagogical specialists as it makes the preparation process easier and more productive.
Keywords: dual-oriented education, elements, pedagogical specialties, problems, future pedagogical specialists, educational program