METHODS OF TEACHING READING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURE OF AVIATION SUBJECTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The scientific paper is about the specific features of teaching English at higher educational institution of technical specialization. Study of scientific and technical literature implies rapid reading of a large number of technical documentation or scientific literature in the shortest possible time. Taking into account modern tendencies to systematic growth of information volumes through the Internet and other digital technologies, this skill is extremely actual that it is expedient to form by means of search and introductory reading. Many industries, such as the medical industry and the computer industry, have their own technical language. However, there may be perhaps no other industry in the world that matches up with the amount of industry-specific speech as that possessed by the military and civil aviation. Modern Language Proficiency Requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and Common Military Aviation Vocabulary sets out the language proficiency requirements, states that pilots, air traffic controllers and aeronautical station operators shall demonstrate the ability to speak and understand the language used for radiotelephony communications to the level specified in the Appendix. The VI descriptors are: Comprehension, Fluency, Interaction, Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary - all VI descriptors must be met at any given level for a candidate to be rated as having attained that level. Because being able to communicate clearly in English during non-routine situations is essential for pilots and controllers. The authors of these exercises have designed to help pilots and air traffic controllers to learn and improve their aviation English vocabulary.