In the article, the aim and tasks are defined, methodological framework for updating the content of methodology for teaching linguistic disciplines in higher education institutions according to the requirements of regulatory and legislative documents on language education, achievements in philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, linguistics and linguodidactics are determined. The ways of developing professional competences of future masters in philology provided by Higher Education Standard, namely,

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... e ability for teaching linguistic disciplines in higher education institutions at a professional level; awareness of the role of expressive, emotional and logical instruments of a language to attain the target result; the ability create, edit, abstract and systemize texts of all types are substantiated. The general competences of future masters in philology, notably the ability to communicate in the national language both orally and in written form; the aptitude to be critical and self-critical; the skills to search, process and analyze the information from various sources; the capability to define, state and address the issue; the aptitude to work in teams and autonomously; the capability to abstract thinking, analysis and synthesis; information and communication technology skills; the ability to adapt to a new situation and act therein; the capability to communicate with representatives of other professional groups and levels (with experts from other areas of knowledge and types of economic activities; and the ability to generate new ideas (creativity) are considered. The subject of methodology for teaching linguistic disciplines in higher education institutions is the formation of professional competences of future masters in philology; the object is modern approaches, principles of teaching linguistic disciplines, forms of organization of the education process, methods, techniques, instruments and traditional and innovative technologies for training future masters in philology.