scholarly journals English training of future helicopters to radio exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 160-168
Author(s):  
Olena ZELENSKA ◽  
◽  
Olga MARCHENKO ◽  
Pavlo ONYPCHENKO ◽  
Olena KONDRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Radio Communication ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Helicopter Pilots ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
English Training ◽  
Aviation English

The complex nature of the professional activities of helicopter pilots actualizes a systematic approach to determining their readiness to perform their duties when flying in international airspace. At the same time, participation in peacekeeping operations, rescue expeditions, evacuation of the population makes increased demands on the level of their foreign language training in the higher military educational institution of aviation profile. Aviation English training is specific in terms of purpose, content, proficiency criteria and relevant professional and personal indicators and conditions of use. Given the importance of radio exchange in ensuring trouble-free flight activities, the article analyses the process of English-language preparation of future helicopter pilots for radio exchange at the main stages of the training flight. This training should take place with a gradual increase in the complexity of tasks, the advancement of cadets from learning and reproduction of language structures to independent modelling of professional communication situations. It involves the involvement of such resources of the information and educational environment of higher education institutions as regular classrooms with classrooms and / or interactive whiteboards, language classrooms, training cabins of Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-24 helicopters, located in specialized classrooms. The most successful place to practice radio communication skills is an aviation simulator, which allows you to practice not only the speech response, but also the motor response to control the helicopter. Intelligence computer simulations of helicopter motion are promising, which creates unique opportunities for creating radio exchange learning situations. At the same time, the study of this issue allowed us to conclude that it is inexpedient in teaching cadets to focus only on standard phraseology of radio exchange, as the latter, although it helps to avoid misunderstandings, is not able to describe all possible circumstances and reactions. Therefore, in cases where the standard phraseology does not "offer any typical forms of verbal communication, pilots and air traffic controllers switch to ordinary English", which raises the issue of enriching the English-speaking arsenal of aviation professionals. Key words: aviation English, helicopter pilot, language tasks, flight situation, professional readiness, radio exchange, phraseology.

Language Learning Strategies (LLS) Implementation of Students and Teachers at a Malaysian Pre-Tertiary Educational Institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Haddi @ Junaidi Kussin ◽  
Aireen Aina Bahari ◽  
Puteri Zarina Megat Khalid ◽  
Raja Nor Safinas Raja Harun ◽  
Nor Liza Haji Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Observation Protocol ◽  
English Language Classrooms

The study which took place at a Malaysian pre-tertiary educational institution aimed at investigating the implementation of language learning strategies (LLS) of its two major stakeholders, namely the students and the teachers. As the study employed mixed-method design, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected as to report the findings. The Strategy Inventory for Language Learning Strategies (SILL) and classroom observation protocol were the two important instruments for this study. A total of 300 students were involved in the study in which the number was determined using Krejcie and Morgan table. The students were divided into two groups consisting of 150 students who passed the institution’s English Proficiency Test, being referred to as ‘EPT-pass’ and 150 students who failed the test, hence known as ‘EPT-fail’ in the study. Four teachers voluntarily involved in the study after invitation to be part of the study was extended to all teachers at the educational institution. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation scores) and thematic analysis. The findings showed that students employed indirect language learning strategies more than direct strategies with EPT-pass group recording (M=4.084, SD=0.625) and EPT-fail group with (M=2.722, SD=0.466). It was apparent that metacognitive strategies (M=4.361, SD=0.954) were EPT-pass group’s most employed strategies while EPT-fail students implemented affective strategies (M=3.077, SD=0.399) the most. Additionally, LLS were undoubtedly embedded into the lesson implementations of the four teachers whose lesson implementations were observed. The study implies that LLS play fundamental part in the teaching and learning of English and should be directly nurtured and embedded into English language classrooms to ensure more effective implementations.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF AVIATION ENGLISH TRAINING AT UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Nemlii
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Communicative Approach ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
English Training ◽  
Aviation English

This article describes the peculiarities of teaching aviationEnglish for aviation specialists in a higher educational institution.The significance of the aviation English language in theprofessional activities of the aviation professionals is explained,the role and place of the discipline «Aviation English language»among other disciplines of specialists of «Aviation transport»training is determined. The purpose, tasks, contents of thediscipline «Aircraft English Language», the peculiarity of formingother communication competence of these specialists weredescribed. An analysis of the documents was carried out andit stated the necessity of learning aviation English language.Attention was paid to the recommendations of the InternationalCivil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which insist on the use ofcommunicative approach in the process of aviation Englishtraining to ensure the effective achievement of the goals ofthe discipline. It is proved that the communicative approach andcommunicative technologies contribute to the formation ofdifferent communicative competence of the graduates at ahigh level. A distinction was made between the terms: «radiocommunication phraseology», «aviation English language»and «general English language». The focus is on the fact thatthe full-fledged teaching of aviation English language mustinclude activities and exercises that ensure the formation of sixaspects of skills, formulated in the ICAO qualification scale andskill descriptors: pronunciation, structure, vocabulary, fluency,comprehension and interactions. A part of a practical class ofthe discipline «Aviation English Language» is demonstrated,which includes tasks for the formation of communicative skills.The article describes the stages of role-playing games, givesexamples of communicative tasks, which are aimed at formingrelevant skills and abilities: phonetic, grammatical and lexicalcompetence of the aviation English language.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Attitudes toward Using Interactive Whiteboards in English Language Classrooms

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amani K. Gashan ◽  
Yousif A. Alshumaimeri
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Novel Technology ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

<p class="apa">Educational technology plays an increasingly important role in the teaching and learning process. Successful integration is the goal of any new educational technology. The interactive whiteboard (IWB) can be effectively used by teachers to enhance the effectiveness of their lessons. This study explored the attitudes and insights of Saudi female teachers regarding the use of IWBs when teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). It also investigated possible obstacles they may face during their use of this novel technology.</p><p class="apa">Data was collected by distributing questionnaires to forty three teachers at different girls’ schools in Riyadh. The results indicated that participants in this study demonstrated positive attitudes toward using the IWB in the EFL classrooms. The results also showed that teachers consider IWBs to be useful devices for enhancing the teaching and learning process and for designing new instructional situations. IWB-based lessons were perceived to be more comfortable for teachers in teaching English. However, teachers stated that they faced some technical obstacles in their use of IWBs.</p><p class="apa">The current study recommended that EFL classes should be equipped with all supplicants of the IWBs. It also suggested that training is important for teachers to deal with the technological devices. EFL teachers need more training to learn how to resolve technical and system problems; they also need to understand how to use all the options offered by the IWBs.</p>

Teacher-student interaction and management practices in Pakistani English language classrooms

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-134
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahmad ◽  
Aleem Shakir ◽  
Ali Raza Siddique
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
English Language ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Teacher Talk ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Teacher Student Interaction ◽  
Language Classrooms

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the amount and type of teacher-talk, frequently asked questions and feedback provided by the teacher on learners’ performance in a language classroom. For this purpose, a lecture was recorded from a secondary level English language classroom of a public sector school and interpreted in the light of teacher-student interaction and classroom management model by David Nunan. Results revealed that the maximum amount of time (i.e. 80.1%) was consumed by the teacher which was appropriate. However, certain deviations from classroom management principles were also observed regarding frequently asked questions (i.e. 50% of the total questions were elicitation questions) and the feedback (it was ‘romantic’ in nature). Moreover, wait-time was sufficient but it was of no use to the learners. The study concluded that classroom practices did not conform to the principles therefore, it proposed to ask questions and provide feedback appropriately.

PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF FIGURATIVE CREATIVITY OF THE FUTURE TEACHER OF THE HUMANITIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Микола Саврасов ◽  
Костянтин Кисельов
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Expert Evaluation Method

Aim. The purpose of the study is to establish theoretical prerequisites, identify, describe and interpret the basic psychological patterns of the dynamics of figurative creativity of future teachers of the humanities both during his/ her training in the educational environment of modern pedagogical universities and at certain stages of the didactic process. Material and methods. As the methods and tools of empirical research, the author uses the procedure of analysis of the degree of statistical validity of the differences of average values of the selected empirical indicators (t-Student's criterion), the test of figurative creativity by E.P. Torrens (modified by O.E.Tunik), a survey method, an interview method, and an expert evaluation method. The respondents were first, third, and fifth-year students specialized in «Ukrainian language and literature», «English (German) language and literature», «Ukrainian country studying» with a total of 156 people aged 18 to 30 years. The empirical basis of the study was the Faculty of Philology of the State Higher Educational Institution «Donbas State Pedagogical University». Results. It is obvious that throughout the process of growing up and gaining experience in educational and professional activities, the main specific characteristics of the creative figurative act for the representatives of the natural profile of professional training are the speed of emergence and development of creative ideas, the degree of deviation from existing prototypes, the desire to avoid a possible return to them or their modification and efforts to complete and properly design their creative product. At the same time, at the background of the previously mentioned characteristics, the dynamics of the indicator of the abstractness of the name of figurative creativity gradually recedes into the background. It means that in the process of micro-age formation of figurative creativity of the humanitarian profile subject of educational and professional activity the subject’s deep essence, not its nominal side, the outer cover, which consists in the peculiarities of verbalization of this creative process, the peculiarities of self-presentation and the presentation of the final creative product are formed. Conclusions. If we summarize the dynamics of figurative creativity of a humanitarian profile student in general, then we can depict: 1) impressive are the positive changes in this area at the end of the study, on the verge of study and professional activity, which in fact can cause such a rapid and bright dynamics; 2) particular interest is in the dynamics of creativity of humanitarian profile students at the level of such nuclear characteristics of figurative creativity as the dynamics of the creative idea, the degree of its difference from stereotypes and resistance to their emergence and motivated ability to finalize the creative product. In the future, we see promising research on the dynamics of figurative creativity of students of natural, cultural, and artistic profile and a comparative study of the dynamics of figurative creativity on the indicator of the profile of professional training in higher pedagogical education.

The use of teaching methodology in the development of online courses on personal data protection

2021 ◽  
pp. 227-239
Author(s):  
Светлана Александровна Корягина
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
The University

Основные проблемы современного образования нельзя решать без его развития. Ученые и практики обращают внимание на устаревшие формы и технологии управления работой со студентами. В современных условиях решать проблемы образования традиционными системами управления и методами становится все сложнее, поэтому возникает необходимость в адекватном построении методической оснащенности образовательного процесса в учебном заведении, что актуализирует необходимость обеспечения системы образования методическими  разработками, дидактическими материалами, которые отвечают современным требованиям педагогической практики. Организационными формами методической работы вуза являются: научно-методическая и педагогический совет; аттестация преподавателей; предметные кафедры, творческие лаборатории преподавателей; школа молодого преподавателя; психолого-педагогические и методические семинары; методические школы преподавателей-новаторов; подготовка методических пособий, публикаций в периодических и профессиональных изданиях. Большинство вышеупомянутых видов методического обеспечения являются традиционными, но все они дают возможность внедрять инновации. Однако обращается внимание только на формы и методы организации образовательного процесса, а не на психолого-педагогическое сопровождение познавательной деятельности преподавателей и методическое обеспечение управленческой деятельности как источника качества и результативности их профессиональной деятельности. Реалии выдвигают новые требования к методическому обеспечению образовательного процесса в вузt, требуя менять цели, функции и содержание, превращая уровень его качества в научно-методический. Суть и назначение научно методического обеспечения заключается в создании условий для формирования и личностно-профессионального становления преподавателей, развития их педагогических способностей, творческого потенциала. The main problems of modern education cannot be solved without its development. Scientists and practitioners pay attention to outdated forms and technologies of managing work with students. In modern conditions, it is becoming increasingly difficult to solve the problems of education with traditional management systems and methods, therefore, there is a need for an adequate construction of methodological equipment of the educational process in an educational institution, which actualizes the need to provide the education system with methodological developments, didactic materials that meet modern requirements of pedagogical practice. Organizational forms of methodological work of the university are: scientific and methodological and pedagogical council; certification of teachers; subject departments, creative laboratories of teachers; school of a young teacher; psychological, pedagogical and methodological seminars; methodological schools of innovative teachers; preparation of methodological manuals, publications in periodicals and professional publications. Most of the above-mentioned types of methodological support are traditional, but all of them make it possible to introduce innovations. However, attention is drawn only to the forms and methods of organizing the educational process, and not to the psychological and pedagogical support of the cognitive activity of teachers and methodological support of managerial activities as a source of quality and effectiveness of their professional activities. The realities put forward new requirements for the methodological support of the educational process at the university, requiring changing the goals, functions and content, turning its quality level into a scientific and methodological one. The essence and purpose of scientific and methodological support is to create conditions for the formation and personal and professional development of teachers, the development of their pedagogical abilities, creative potential.

A comparison of degree intensifiers across English corpora: Is it ‘flagrant’, ‘blatant’, or ‘sheer’ audacity?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 74-92
Author(s):  
Julija Korostenskienė ◽  
◽  
Lina Bikelienė
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic English ◽  
News Values ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
Grammatical Relations ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
The Media ◽  
Present World ◽  
Linguistic Means

Due to its free-adjoining nature, the category of adjuncts is generally viewed as somewhat peripheral to the forefront of grammatical relations. Meanwhile, given the significance of the media in the present world and the ever-growing prevalence of the notion of news values, outlining the criteria conducive to a message becoming news and including values such as negativity, superlativeness, prominence, timeliness, proximity, etc. (Bednarek, Caple 2014), the broad range of linguistic means encoding intensification, thereby foregrounding a given phenomenon, presents a considerable interest. In this corpus study, we focus on three adjectival emphasisers, flagrant, blatant, and sheer, and examine their use in adjective + noun collocations across a variety of English corpora on the Sketch Engine tool (Kilgarriff et al. 2014) in the academic and the news registers: the “British Academic Written English Corpus”, the “Cambridge Academic English Corpus”, the “English Language Newspapers Corpus”, the “Brexit WR Corpus”, and the “English Timestamped JSI Corpus 2020–10”. We also consider the nominal element the adjectives in question collocate with, seeking to provide an account as to their differences in English. The findings of the study may have implications both for language classrooms and for more specialized fields, such as media studies.

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