Abstract. The article is devoted to the consideration of theoretical and practical mastery of the level of speech competence of future teachers as a basic part of the didactic basis, the preparation of speech competence with the ability to written and oral communication. The article examines the content-structural essence of speech competence, its significance. Attention is focused on the degree of mastery of speech competence reflects the professional and personal level of development of future teachers, and competence itself occupies a special place among the components of linguistic education, the problem of formation of mastery of the level of speech training of future teachers is touched upon, the question of the didactic basis is considered, the system of tasks aimed at mastering speech training and increasing the level of speech competence is analyzed.