ВІЛЬНЕ ВОЛОДІННЯ АНГЛІЙСЬКОЮ МОВОЮ ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ ЗБРОЙНИХ СИЛ УКРАЇНИ ЗАПОРУКА СИЛЬНОЇ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОЇ АРМІЇ

Abstract

Introduction. Ukraine has chosen to integration in Euro-Atlantic security structures, and since 2014 has been actively pursuing a Euro-Atlantic course. As a NATO graduate country, Ukraine has to fulfill a number of requirements for NATO membership, one of the key ones being proficiency in military personnel in a foreign language (English) not lower than the SMR-2 (functional) according to the NATO STANAG 6001 standard. However, the average among militaries is SMR-1 (survival). Such an indicator is insufficient to meet NATO requirements, so the article attempts to identify groups of reasons for such a level of foreign language proficiency by military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and suggested ways of overcoming this problem. Purpose. To study the requirements of the governing documents on the level of foreign language proficiency of military personnel, to determine the reasons for the lack of proficiency in the foreign language of military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Research methods: system analysis, induction and deduction, comparison, classification, generalization and systematization. Results: identifying groups of reasons for a low level in a foreign language and some recommendations for improving it . Originality. At present, the level in a foreign language (English) by military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a rather problematic issue. Unless military personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine increase, their level of foreign language skills to NATO requires there can be no question of joining NATO. Therefore, the study identified the reasons for the low level in a foreign language proficiency by military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and some recommendations for improving it that may be useful for solving this problem. Conclusion. The study suggests that there is currently a problem of a low level in in a foreign language (English) and identifies four groups of reasons for this low level and some recommendations to address the current problem. At the same time, the research leads us to state that the solution of the topic raised depends on the militaries (himself), including, who, however, needs to be supported and motivated. It should be noted that the achievement of the required level in a foreign language by Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel is one of the priority and at the same time problematic tasks for the Armed Forces, so it is necessary to further investigate this issue in search of the best ways to solve this problem.