The article is devoted to the peculiarities of organizing work in small groups while teaching a foreign language. This kind of work is viewed under the consideration of a learner centered approach. Special attention is given to the necessity of using the method of a role-play in small groups while teaching a foreign language. The article contains original exercises stimulating the level of motivation with the learners and facilitating the quality of education.

In the article the author analyses the role and potential of sight translation as a means of teaching consecutive interpreting to military interpreters. Examples of exercise types for developing sight translation skills are given (both for classroom-based and out-of-class work). Besides, an efficient methodological approach to teaching interpreting at non-specialized educational institutions is presented.

The article deals with the problem of cadets’ communicative competence development at the initial stage of teaching in aviation military school. Using communicative simulation and visual aids has made it possible to design a system of exercises and teaching techniques aimed at the communicative competence development.

This article deals with the particularities of studying military terminology in teaching a foreign language in a military higher education institution. It describes the specifics of military documents and the difficulties that can appear while working with military terminology, and it reveals the method of military terms’ word-building.

This article deals with a specific methodology that allows optimally present and reveal the essence of complex tasks with a political component with the help of presented didactic materials that require a certain language level of cadets participating in the international Olympiad.

The article deals with the aspect of cadets’ individual study organization in the sphere of foreign languages using an electronic textbook. It also describes pedagogical conditions that promote the effectiveness of individual study. It gives the examples of tests for self-monitoring of the studied material with the usage of an electronic textbook.

This article deals with criteria-referenced rating as a method of oral speech skills testing. The traditional method of assessment is characterized; its drawbacks in speaking tasks evaluation are stated. The publication deals with educational features of performance assessment and lays emphasis on the elements of speaking assessment. The article also specifies what should be done for the most efficient application of this approach during lessons.

The article is devoted to the formation of different ways of how to teach cadets to regulate their academic activity in controlling it. Some methods used to achieve it are considered in the article. As a result cadets acquire skills of self-educating, self-controlling and self-checking.

This article deals with types of speech activity based on the lexical material of the topic. The main goal of teaching vocabulary is revealed. The stages of work with lexical material are considered on the example of assignments for an extracurricular practical work with the introduction of a point-rating system for the second-year cadets on the topic «Armed Forces».