USE OF ELECTRONIC TEACHING AND METHODICAL COMPLEX BASED ON MOODLE EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM FOR PROFESSION-ORIENTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING OF RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS

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The article considers the issue of profession-oriented foreign (English) language training of Russian cosmonauts at all stages of preparation for their space flight at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre with the usage of project-based learning. It also describes the results of authors' development in the creation of electronic teaching and methodical complex based on Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle), which is designed to form the profession-oriented English language communicative competence of Russian cosmonauts.

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USEOFELECTRONICTEACHINGANDMETHODICALCOMPLEXBASEDON
MOODLEEDUCATIONALPLATFORMFORPROFESSIONORIENTED
ENGLISHLANGUAGETRAININGOFRUSSIANCOSMONAUTS
N.Mikheeva,N.Dvoryadkina
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Peop le'sFriendsh ipUniversityof Russia(RUSSIANFEDERATION)
Thedevelopmentofprofessionalcommunic ativeinteractionof Russiancosmonauts withtheirforeigncolleagues
–astronauts–at allstagesoftheirprofessionalactiv ities, frompreparationforthejointspacefl ightattraining
centers,loc atedinRussiaandabroad,onouttoparticipationint hemissionspecif icinternationalcrewoperations
onboardtheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS), aswellast heradiocommunicationwithforeignspecialis tsf rom
thegroundMissionControlCenters(MCC),locatedallovertheworld,havenecessitatedtheformation,
developmentandimprovementofprofessionorientedforeignlanguagecommunicativecompetenceof
cosmonautsf romRussianSpaceAgency (RSA).
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TheEnglishlanguageistheoffic iallanguageofprofessionalcommunicationin theinternationalpracticeof
mannedspaceflights. Thelanguageprofi ciencydirect lyaffec tst heabilityof cosmonautsf romdifferentcultural
andlinguisticc ommunitiesto initiateunderstandingbetweeneac hotherandtoensuretherequireds afety of
spaceflights .
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Itbecomes possibletof ormtheprofessionorientedEnglishlanguagecommunicativecompetenceof Russian
cosmonautsprovidedthattheinteractivemethods,whichtake intoaccountt hecognitive,profess ionalintentions
ofatrainee,andfocus onhisreallifeas wellastheavailableexperience,areintroducedintothelanguage
teachingprocess.I nthis regard, projectbasedlearning isusedas oneofsuchmet hodsattheEnglis hlanguage
lessonsin GagarinCos monautTrainingCenter(GCTC)locatedinRussia. Itf acilitates thecreationofalanguage
environment,whichgeneratesaneedtospeakthef oreignlanguageandallowscosm onautstoacquireknowledge
independently whilesolvingthereallifeproblems withtheuseofnotonlyt heirEnglishlanguageskills, but
throughtheintegrationofinformationfromvariousspecif ict echnicalsubject areasaswell.Consideringthe
processoft eachingEnglishinGCTCwithintheframeworkofprofess ionorientedapproach, wepayspecial
attentiontothedevelopmentof professionorientedprojec ts.
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Teachingaids thatareusedduringimplementationofprojectact ivities includevariousdidactic materialss pecially
designedonthebasisoforiginalprofessionorientedtexts (texts ,task s,v ideos,tables, etc.). Thesematerialsare
placedintheelectronict eachingandmethodicalcomplex: EnglishforSpaceE xplorers:PreparingCosmonauts
forSpaceFlight. 
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Nowadays ,amidt heelectroniccommunicat iondevelopmentinthesociet y,elearningandITtechnologiesare
extensively usedtoprovidelearnerswithnecessary teachingandlearningaidsthroughvariouselectronicmedia.
Inordertoprovidecosmonautswithanelec tronicversionofeducationalmaterialselaboratedbytheauthorsand
toasses sthepotentialf orusecomputertechnologiesduringtheEnglishlanguagelessonsi nGCTC,wechoose
theMoodle(ModularObjectOrientedDynamicLearningEnvironment)automatedlearningmanagementsys tem
basedoncomputerandinternettechnologies,whichhasawiderangeofteachingandtechnical capabilities.
Useoftheelect ronicteachingandmethodicalcomplex elaboratedbytheauthorsonthebasisof Moodle
educationalplatformopensupnewopportunit iesforinteractiv elearningofaforeignlanguageandallowsus to
enhancethequalityofprofess ionorientedandcommunicativeEnglis hlanguagetrainingof Russiancos monauts
inGCTC.
keywords:profession orientedenglishlangu agetrainingofrussiancosmo nauts,projectbasedlearning,co mputerassisted
teachingmaterialsbasedonmo odle.
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Pages:576580
Publicationyear:2016
ISBN:9788460888604
ISSN:23401117
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10.21125/edulearn.2016.1109
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