ІНШОМОВНА ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНІХ АВІАЦІЙНИХ ФАХІВЦІВ: ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ СОЦІОКУЛЬТУРНОГО СКЛАДНИКА

Abstract

The article presents the results of research into the content parameters of sociocultural competence in the foreign language training of future aviation specialists at the stage of their training at higher education institution. The authors conducted research in the form of ascertaining experiment with comparison of the formation of content parameters. Valid standardized methods, purposeful observation, reliability coefficients were also applied. We note that students of the first and third courses of Flight Academy of the National Aviation University (Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) took part in the study at the ascertainment stage. The content parameters of the of socio-cultural competence study in the foreign language training of future aviation specialists were established according to the following psychodiagnostic methods: the author's questionnaire ″Socio-cultural competence″ (″SCC″) (Kharlamova); psychodiagnostic test ″Methods for identifying the need for communication″ (″MINC″) (Orlov); Test of life-meaningful orientations (″LMO″) (Leontyev); express questionnaire ″Tolerance Index″ (″TI″) (Soldatova). It was determined that sociocultural competence is an integrated formation that combines knowledge of world culture, customs and traditions of peoples, tolerant attitude towards representatives of other nations, cultures, religions and beliefs, the ability to establish constructive communication with these representatives, to feel confident in foreign language spaciousness. The formation of sociocultural competence in the foreign language training of future aviation specialists lies in the plane of the professional focus of their training, where the cycle of humanitarian disciplines plays a key role. The hypothesis that effective foreign language training of future aviation specialists will contribute to the increase of ethno-cultural and social tolerance was confirmed. It is emphasized that the foreign language training of future aviation specialists in the context of the formation of socio-cultural competence has axiological and praxeological directions. Prospects for further research are to operationalize and implement the received scientific data into the educational process of foreign language training of future aviation specialists. Key words: ethno-cultural tolerance, communication, future aviation specialist, educational and professional training, educational process, student's value orientation sphere.