USING OF THE CASE METHOD IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE MARINE SPECIALISTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH

Abstract

The article substantiates the need to use the case method in the professional training process of future marine specialists in teaching English. The importance of English language learning by future specialists of the maritime industry in current conditions has been determined.
It has been found that the case method is actively used at maritime education institutions, as it meets the needs of the present time and has a great potential, in particular for the professional development of the future marine specialist personality. The necessary skills of future specialists, that are formed when using the case method, such as clear fulfillment of the goals and tasks, the ability to formulate the opposite point of view, the ability to argue and defend one’s opinion, thinking critically, finding the solutions in a limited time are characterized.
The author emphasizes that the purpose of applying the case method in teaching Maritime English should be reasonable and significant as working on the case should make the students be interested due to the tension of the situation, conflict and drama. It has been defined the content of the maritime case, which should reflect the learning objectives, contain dosed information so that students can quickly understand the essence of the problem and provide the necessary data to solve it. The peculiarities of work on the case, in the process of which students must use the acquired knowledge and show their personal qualities, such as the ability to demonstrate the level of vision of the professional situation, the level of Maritime English, etc. have been revealed.
Successive steps of work on the content of the case on a maritime topic and effective work factors, which depend on the quality of the case itself, the level of professional training of the students and the teacher’s readiness are formulated. The types of the cases that should be used in Maritime English teaching are considered. The definition of the case on maritime topic as a single information complex; as a description of events that contains a specific problem situation that needs to be discussed and to have a reasoned solution has been given.
The case method as an interactive method of teaching, a method of situation analysis, which allows to bring the learning process closer to the real professional activity of marine professionals has been characterized.