Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, Vol 8, No 2 (2018)

Abstract

The article aims to reveal the means of organizing individual work as an important factor in the formation of professional and speech competence of future navigation officers. Individual work allows forming, in the process of the professional training, such qualities and skills as self-sufficiency, analyticity, criticality of thinking, responsibility, perseverance, taking effective quick decisions in problem situations on board, cooperation in multinational team as they are so important for future specialists of maritime sphere. This work is a priority in the formation of professional and speech competence of the cadets, as it implies their involvement in oral and written communicative activity of productive nature under the guidance of a teacher, but without his/her direct participation. There are following main individual tasks that we have developed and implemented in the process of experimental activity: presentation (the students have the choice of a particular topic or problem); preparation for the business game (in a dialog form); preparation of group reports; development of training programs using software.