International research journal

Keywords: 
foreign language professional communicative competence, military higher educational establishment. 
Introduction
 
Currently, the military educational institutions of Crimea have a system of foreign language education, which is well 
provided with a legal framework, qualified personnel, material, technical and methodological supplies, but in the light of the 
modernization of Russian education, all its components need to be updated and improved, especially at the level of higher military 
educational establishments [10, P.142]. Among the most urgent tasks challenging the heads and teaching staff of military 
educational institutions are strengthening the professional orientation of training and foreign language education, encouraging 
the motivation of the cadets and trainees for learning a foreign language both in class and during self-study; the use of innovative 
tools, techniques and methods of training; achieving compliance of academic programs, syllabus and methodological materials 
with the requirements of education modernization and international standards for academic results. The implementation of 
positive experience of military educational institutions in Crimea at the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI century, including 
the introduction of updated educational methodological complexes of the discipline Foreign Language, aimed at improving the 
effectiveness of military specialists’ foreign language training, can contribute to the solution of these tasks. 
Methods
During the pedagogical experiment the application of the author's educational and methodical complex for the discipline 
"Foreign Language" (specialty 26.05.03 "Construction, repair and search and rescue support of surface ships and submarines"), 
developed in the context of modernization of foreign-language education in order to improve the effectiveness of foreign-
language training of military specialists, was tested on the basis of the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P. S. 
Nakhimov (BSHNS) (Sevastopol). The methodological complex included:
- the syllabus and thematic plan of the Foreign Language course for the specialty 26.05.03 "Construction, repair and search 
and rescue support of surface ships and submarines", developed in the 2014-2015 academic year, revised in 2015-2017, in order 
to improve the professional orientation of foreign language education of cadets and meet the modern requirements of 
modernization of foreign language education of military specialists; 
- printed textbook "English for divers", published in 2017, intended for training 3-4 year cadets of military specialties 
"Special Purpose Underwater Work" and "Operation and Repair of Diving and Deep-Diving Vehicles" which encompasses 
narrowly specialized topics specified in the syllabus and thematic plan; 
- electronic course-book "English for divers. Introduction" for 3-4 courses of the above mentioned specialty, released in 

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Международный научно-исследовательский журнал 
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2019, created to facilitate the motivation and intensification of independent individual educational and cognitive activities of 
cadets in the professional sphere using a foreign (English) language; development of self-education skills and communicative 
reflection. The course-book was created with the SUNRAV program. It consists of 4 relevant to the curriculum modules and 
includes texts, speech and language exercises with the possibility of computer verification, videos, glossary, list of abbreviations, 
and additional specialized reading materials. 
The pedagogical experiment was preceded by a theoretical study of the problems of determining the essence and content of 
the concept of foreign-language professional communicative competence and methods to assess and improve the effectiveness 
of its formation, which was widely covered in the dissertation works of such researchers as R.N. Abitov [2], A.M. Andrienko 
[3], O.A. Senichkina [11], A.V. Obskov [7], E.O. Petrova [8], L.T. Rudometova [9], O.V. Flerov [12], and others. The issues of 
the efficiency of implementing multimedia, computer-assisted learning, Internet resources and information technology to 
improve the process of forming foreign-language professional communicative competence have been under discussion of S.S. 
Mironceva [6], Kh.S. Abdulaieva [1], V.I. Volchkova [4], etc. which have also been considered during the research. As stated in 
the article by V.I. Volchkova, the use of information technology elements in classes helps to form the ability of students to work 
with various information, critical attitude towards it, develops logical thinking, provides information and emotional saturation 
of lessons, promotes interest of students to the subject, and activates their creative potential with the surrounding life [4].