The article emphasizes that academic lecture in higher education is the only means of communication lecturer scientific and educational information, and process and enhance learning motivation, enhance mental activity of independent work of students motivation to constantly update and improve the experience gained. The peculiarities of modern academic lectures at vocational training specialist, disclosed retrospective of this form of learning in high school, the classification and general characteristics of the most common non-traditional types of lectures (interactive and problem lectures, lecture-provoking, binary, lecture-conference and press conference, lecture-tour, lecture-visualization), determined their appropriateness and effectiveness during use in education institutions. The article stated that the studies do not exhaust the problems of teaching lectures, and is subject to further creative and scientific research. The author notes that the correct choice of the type of lecture, methods of presentation depends largely on the organization of further training and independent work of students, the level of quality training of future professionals in higher education.