This article analyzes the problem of organizing the practice of students-future teachers of primary education in the University, describes the pedagogical conditions for the success and effectiveness of its implementation. The purpose of the article is to identify and justify the relationship between the student's creative activity and continuous practice during the entire period of study at the University. It is shown that pedagogical practice has a special role in preparing future primary school teachers for professional work, since practice generates a desire to discover new things, arouses interest in the studied, and forms students ' complete ideas about pedagogical activity, about the real ways of its knowledge and development.

The language is considered by the author as a determinant, a key component of the future teacher’s national identity. Particular importance of studying language as a key component in the structure of national identity of future teachers gains in the context of language policy in Kazakhstan, according to which all the languages of the peoples of Kazakhstan are declared a national treasure, historical and cultural heritage of the country. Language as the main mechanism of the unity of the people, the preservation and development of cultural and spiritual heritage promotes interethnic harmony, a tolerant attitude towards representatives of other ethnic communities. The teacher, as a native speaker of language and speech behavior, performs professional tasks, including: developing value orientations of students, respecting the language, culture, traditions of his and others nations, readiness for constructive intercultural dialogue and interaction. The effective solution of professional tasks depends on the linguistic competence of the teacher as an integral part of professional competence