Tatyana Malkovskaya

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.

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.