PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE FOR STUDENTS OF SPECIALTY «ORGANIZATION OF FLIGHT RADIO ENGINEERING SUPPORT»

The paper summarizes current experience in the field of English language training for specific purposes. The authors propose main principles of the model of foreign language training for specific purposes, which are considered to be the course basis. The research focuses on the approbation results of the professionally oriented English language course for students of specialty «Organization of flight radio engineering support». The study substantiates the necessity of implementing the developed course into the training process. In addition, the authors identify the factors that should be taken into account when developing a course of English language training for specific purposes. The conducted experimental training revealed the advantages of the professionally oriented textbook «Flight radio-engineering support» developed by the authors for radio engineers compared to the textbook «English for technical universities» intended for general engineers. Finally, the results of the experimental work and the conclusions on the effectiveness of the course implementation in the training process of students are provided. The course of study proposed by the authors can be used as a model for creating courses for foreign language training of students of various specialties taking into account their professional focus. The main research methods were literature analysis, questionnaires, interviews, testing, mathematical processing of the data obtained and pedagogical experiment. Thus, the appropriateness of introducing the professionally oriented English language course is confirmed.