Development of Electronic Teaching and Methodical Complex for Professional English Language Training of Russian Cosmonauts

The worldwide development of space industry and a tendency of different countries to implement space projects jointly had led to the global space exploration resulted in multicultural mix of crew and ground specialists. International partnership on the design, operation and utilization of the International Space Station made it necessary to acquire the knowledge of the English language for most of the space industry specialists as approved by the international agreement. The English language proficiency directly affects the ability of cosmonauts, astronauts and other specialists from different cultural and linguistic communities to gain understanding in order to meet the mission goals and ensure required space flight safety. The article investigates specifics of formation of the professional English language communicative competence of Russian cosmonauts when preparing international crews for a joint space flight on board the station. The objective of this article is to identify ways for optimizing the methodological approach to organization of cosmonauts’ teaching process and the content of utilized materials. The objective is achieved through the development of a new teaching model, integration of information from various space mission-specific technical subjects and use of profession-oriented project-based learning. The teaching model is practically implemented by the electronic teaching and methodical complex developed on the basis of Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment educational platform using advanced information technologies. The newly developed complex is characterized by a high degree of functionality, professionally oriented content of the training texts, exercises, videos, glossary as well as targeted communicatively oriented project activities.全球航天产业的蓬勃发展，以及各国联合开展航天项目的趋势，推动了全球航天探索进程，同时造就了航天乘务组与地面专业人员多元文化交融的队伍构成。经国际协议约定，因多国在国际空间站（International Space Station）的设计、运营与使用方面开展合作，绝大多数航天领域专业人员必须掌握英语语言知识。英语语言能力直接影响来自不同文化与语言背景的俄罗斯航天员、宇航员及其他专业人员的理解沟通能力，关乎其能否顺利达成任务目标、保障航天飞行安全。本文聚焦国际机组筹备空间站联合航天飞行任务的阶段，探讨俄罗斯航天员职业英语交际能力的培养细节。本文旨在探索优化航天员教学流程组织方式与教学材料内容的可行路径。本研究通过构建新型教学模式、整合各类航天任务专属技术学科知识，并采用职业导向的项目式学习方法，达成上述研究目标。本研究依托先进信息技术，基于模块化面向对象动态学习环境（Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment）教育平台开发电子教学法综合体系，以此实现该教学模式的实际落地应用。该全新开发的教学体系具备高度完善的功能，其训练文本、习题、视频、术语表均围绕职业导向设计，同时包含针对性的交际导向型项目实践活动。