The article is devoted to the methodological aspect of teaching pedagogical rhetoric in higher education. It reveals the relevance of teaching academic eloquence to students of teaching and teacher specialties at the Faculty of Philology. The article describes such types of assignments as clarification of the content of theoretical provisions, characterization of the skills of outstanding scientists of the past, a study tour, analysis of a training lecture and speech behavior of a lecturer-teacher, comparative characterization of scientific and educational varieties of academic eloquence.