RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND SPACE. TRAINING INTERNATIONAL SPACE CREWS: AIMS, TARGETS, PROSPECTS

Developing optimal methods of Russian language training for astronauts who view the Russian language as a tool of professional and educational training is connected with a wide range of linguistic and didactic features. The teaching process is conducted with a view to form skills and abilities of rational verbal behavior in different situations of professional communication during a pre-flight training as well as in the space orbit. Mastering the Russian language is a very important factor for foreign astronauts since it leads to acquisition of special competence and professional knowledge in Russian.

language training professionalization, linguistic didactics, scientific terminology, skills and abilities, competence, sublanguage of aeronautics