№ 07 (Foreign Languages Department KVVAUL, Krasnodar)

The article is devoted to one of the actual problems of using politically correct vocabulary in the sphere of intercultural communication. Some peculiarities of using such vocabulary are analyzed in the article. The considered spheres of the phenomenon are those of racial and ethnic spheres as well as the spheres of physical characteristics of a human being. The conclusions are made about the usage of the analyzed phe-nomenon in the English linguistic culture.

The paper deals with some issues of achieving equivalence in the process of military interpreting from Eng-lish into Russian. The author focuses on a number of techniques of achieving higher equivalence levels through transformations based on situational approach practised by modern professional interpreters in the process of both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting.

The article deals with the problem of profession-centered English teaching by implementing visual aids in aviation institute. Static and dynamic visual patterns and their functions are described, alongside with tech-niques to use them for fostering future pilots’ professionally meaningful skills.

The work deals with describing pictures in the process of teaching oral speech during individual studies of the AF cadets. The method is aimed at motivating for speaking English, developing oral skills. The author touches upon the problem of selecting of visual and verbal material alongside with the system of tasks and tests.

The paper deals with the information about the principles of selection and organization of visual aids for teaching a foreign language. It describes the types and functions of visualization, as well as the effective use of visualization and its components at foreign language lessons in non linguistic university.

This article deals with the approaches and foreign language learning concepts using visual aids in the mili-tary aviation school. It’s noted of expediency and effectiveness of the use of these approaches in the learn-ing process. The proposed approaches are combined into a single concept of close interaction between cadets and an instructor.

Electronic manual is an innovative and multifunctional means of teaching based on computer educational programs. Such parameters as multimedia, interaction, program code and content flexibility intensify and optimize the process of profession-oriented English teaching. The use of task variation, systems of naviga-tion, prompts, control and check of learnt material provide the cadets to be more active and work without assistance.

This paper deals with the problem of using pictures in Aviation English course for teaching such aspect of professional communicative competence as speaking skills. The article contains brief characteristics of avi-ation language, gives a set of technologies for using pictures in different textbooks for pilots and control-lers. The publication also determines the criteria of picture selection and special aspects of image descrip-tion techniques in the situations of professional communication.

The article says that electronic textbooks implementation into educational process requires thorough inspec-tion of its advantages and disadvantages. Indisputable advantages of electronic textbooks are individuali-zation of learning, multimedia implementation and self-educational competence formation. The high cost and complexity of electronic books creation as well as unusualness of their use in educational process are stated as the disadvantages of electronic books. The conclusion is that electronic textbook is not able to replace the traditional textbook completely but it can complement it.

The article deals with the problem of organization and assessment of research activities at the foreign lan-guages department. Types of scientific research, internal and external motives for research activities and main directions of research work are described. The author comes to the conclusion that in assessing the quality of scientific work the complex of interrelated parameters should be taken into consideration.

The article deals with the aspect of pedagogical characteristics of the electronic textbook formulation in a military institute. It also describes the main principles of the electronic textbook description and the stages of its creation. It demonstrates the functional diagram of electronic textbook creation.

This article defines creolized text, reveals its basic parameters compared to traditional text, considers verbal and nonverbal components in creolized texts (using the examples of multimedia presentations).

To increase the efficiency of individual work in English, a group of teachers offers a number of alternative tasks reflecting different aspects of the foreign language. Cadets are asked to do grammar and vocabulary exercises, different tasks based on the texts, exercises preparing for mid-term and final tests. Performance appraisal rating system is used for the out-of-class English language practical course assessment. It helps increase the level of cadets’ personal responsibility for their knowledge of the English language.