USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE TRAINING OF FUTURE NAVIGATORS

Анотація

The article deals with the problem of influence of the information environment on navigators’ professional activity. It is emphasized that it is a topical issue in the system of higher marine education. It was clarified that at the present stage of training of marine specialists one of the most urgent problems is professional interaction in the process of professional activity. The safety of navigation, as well as the lives of passengers, depend on how effectively a navigator can communicate with crew members, and his level of professional interaction. In the process of professional interaction, navigators face a variety of non-standard and unpredictable situations which require new decisions and communicative understanding. In the study it was noted that the vast majority of vessels have multilingual inter- ?ational crews, which sometimes are not able to demonstrate necessary professional skills for various reasons, including lack of English, thus endangering passengers, companies, property and environment. An important role is played by professional communicative interaction, which is extremely important for the safety of sea trans- ?ortation. It is emphasized on the improvement of the process of teaching professional communicative interaction based on the introduction of elements of blended learning.