Resumen de Methods of developing intercultural competence in maritime english teaching
Alexey Ivanovich Kondratiev, Igor Olegovich Smirnov, Bozhena Borisovna Dokuto
Intercultural communication which is realized, first of all, at the linguistic level is an inseparable part of seafarers’ and off-shore workers’ professional activities. The objective of the present study consists in developing methods of forming and improving cadets’ intercultural competence within the compulsory course of professional English taught at Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University. The study has attempted to incorporate the intercultural approach to the traditional course of the English language for seafarers, and work out original methods of the language intercultural competence development on the basis of analyzing and modeling true-to-life on-board situations of intercultural interaction.
