The educational process within practical lessons of the “Maritime English” discipline at the KSMA is student-oriented and organized in such a way as to achieve maximum results, while relying on two key approaches – communicative, which allows building the lessons on socio-cultural and socio-linguistic basis, and competency-based one, which ensures the ability of maritime specialists to solve certain types of professional tasks based on the knowledge and skills acquired during training.
Within the communicative approach, the educational process is built on such principles as learning the language through language, active involvement in communication and appeal to real life and professional situations. With the competency approach, there is an increase or layering of micro-skills that make up the productive part of each lesson until a certain competence is formed, constant interaction of skills, appeal to acquired skills and involvement of knowledge from topics previously learned.
Practical lessons of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd year courses are built according to the ESA model in the “boomerang” sequence (Engage, Activate 1, Study, Activate 2). The Engage stage is characterized by the activation of students at the beginning of the lesson. The instructor sets them up both for studying Maritime English as a whole and for studying a separate topic of the course. The Activate stage is aimed at working with the material (on the topic of the lesson), while a distinction is made between Activate 1 at the beginning of the lesson and Activate 2 at the end of the lesson. In the first case, students get acquainted with the topic and work with tasks based on their own practical experience. At the end of the lesson, at the Activate 2 stage, students, using their skills within the new topic, complete project tasks, role-play problem situations, simulate conversations on a ship, etc. At the Study stage, students work with a lexical or grammatical tasks.
In the context of the developed methodology, the use of a communicative-competence approach allows senior students to develop an understanding of the ultimate goal of their studies, to develop speech skills in situations close to real professional activity, that is, on a ship with a mixed crew. Students are motivated from the beginning of the lesson to practice their skills, while simultaneously learning lexical units and grammatical structures.
The learning material for practical lessons of the “Maritime English” discipline is structured and combined into course books, developed in collaboration with the English Language Department for Deck Officers and English Language Department for Marine Engineers within the framework of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (Section II, Table A-II/I) and Model Course 3.17 “Maritime English” International Maritime Organization in accordance with the requirements for professional training of bachelors of maritime specialties under the Regulation on educational and qualification levels and in accordance with the requirements for the educational professional program in specialty 271 “River and Sea Transport”.
List of basic textbooks of the department:
Keep Alert: text book / Lipshyts L., Fedorova O., Tsyganenko O., Pindosova T., Bondarenko V. Kherson: KSMA, 2023. – 459 p.
Sail Safe: course book / [S. Barsuk, V. Bondarenko, A. Vid, V. Kudryavtseva, V. Likhosherstova]. Kherson: KSMA Science Park “Maritime Industry Innovations” Ltd, 2021. – 230 p.
Watch Out: text book / [N. Bobrysheva V. Kudryavtseva T. Pindosova O.Tsyganenko]. – Kherson: KSMA Science Park “Maritime Industry Innovations” Ltd, 2021. – 202 p.
Catch the Wind: course book / [I. Kulikova, I. Kutsenko, T. Pindosova, V. Smelikova, O. Tsyganenko]. – Kherson: KSMA Science Park “Maritime Industry Innovations” Ltd, 2021. – 180 p.
Get It Done: course book / [O. Fedorova, M. Ishchenko, I. Penza, N. Sheveleva Garkusha, O. Tsyganenko,]. – Kherson: KSMA Science Park “Maritime Industry Innovations” Ltd, 2022. – 198 p.
Smart Control: course book / [Yu. Barzii, O. Litikova, N. Ohorodnyk, H. Solovei, Ya. Usova]. – Kherson: “Borysfen-Pro” PH, 2018. – 238 p.
Control The Power!: course book / [I. Krasnovska, M. Ohyienko, Yu. Tymoschuk]. – Kherson: “TIMEX” PH, 2020. – 162 p.
Each thematic module, followed by classroom lessons, corresponds to electronic module, which not only contains audio and video materials used during practical lessons, but also complements practical lessons through the tools of digital educational platform Moodle. Authored training e-modules are a supplement to the lessons and are aimed not only at deepening the knowledge of maritime specialists on a particular topic, but also at increasing interest in discussion outside the classroom (video and audio materials on discussion topics, authentic cases for group discussion of problem situations, illustrations with tasks for developing critical thinking, game exercises for consolidating the material, situations for simulation and role play, collaborative projects).
The main advantage of e-learning courses is to ensure social connection between students outside the classroom and their effectiveness during distance learning.
Electronic training courses at the Moodle digital platform:
| Doctor of Education, associate professor Ivan Riabukha | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/index.php?categoryid=1095 |
| PhD, associate professor Tamara Pindosova | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/view.php?id=1404 |
| PhD, associate professor Olga Fedorova | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/view.php?id=1403 |
| PhD, associate professor Irina Kutsenko | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/view.php?id=1405 |
| PhD, associate professor Alona Yurzhenko | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/index.php?categoryid=1205 |
| PhD, associate professor Natalia Shevelova-Garkusha | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/view.php?id=1401 |
| PhD, associate professor Olha Tokarieva | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/index.php?categoryid=1097 |
| Senior Teacher Olga Tsyganenko | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/view.php?id=1402 |
| Senior Teacher Anna Volkova | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/index.php?categoryid=1096 |
| Senior Teacher Yuliya Tymoshchuk | https://mdl.ksma.ks.ua/course/index.php?categoryid=1093 |
Among the main methodological tasks set for scientific and pedagogical workers are:
- work with educational programs and syllabi, their revision and correction;
- development and placement of tasks on electronic training courses;
- work with course books and methodological materials, their updating and reprinting taking into account the requirements of the communicative and competence approach;
- development of methodological recommendations for classroom and individual work of students;
- development of new and updating of existing test tasks for final assessment on the Moodle digital platform;
- development of instructions for working with modern educational platforms and e-learning technologies;
- updating the content of tasks for the semester exam at the “Bachelor” level for cadets of the 3rd year course of fulltime and correspondence department;
- updating the content of individual work tasks for full-time and part-time students;
- conducting scientific and methodological seminars to master the latest teaching methods;
- conducting “round tables” for the development of methodological skills of teachers;
- mutual attendance of lessons throughout the year;
- attending and discussing “open” lessons;
- development of lesson plans in paper and electronic format.
The educational and methodological complex of the department includes:
Educational program of the discipline «Maritime English» for the specialization 271.01 Navigation, Kutsenko I.V., Fedorova O.V., 2025, 30 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 1st year students of the educational abridged program of the fulltime department, Tsyhanenko O.A., 2025, 8 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 1st year students of the educational abridged program of the correspondence department, Pindosova T.S., 2025, 7 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 2nd year students of the educational abridged program of the fulltime department, Fedorova O.V., 2025, 8 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 2nd year students of the educational abridged program of the correspondence department, Kutsenko I.V., 2025, 7 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 3rd year (5th semester) students of the educational abridged program of the fulltime department, Fedorova O.V., 2025, 8 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 3rd year (6th semester) students of the educational abridged program of the fulltime department, Pindosova T.S., 2025, 8 p.
Sylabus of the discipline «Maritime English» for the 3rd year students of the educational abridged program of the correspondence department, Kutsenko I.V., 2025, 9 p.
Materials of electronic testing tasks of the discipline «Maritime English» for the specialization 271.01 Navigation, Riabukha I.M., Tsyhanenko O.A., Pindosova T.S., Fedorova O.V., Kutsenko I.V., Shevelova-Harkusha N.V., 2024, 131 p.
Exam tasks of the discipline «Maritime English» for the specialization 271.01 Navigation, Fedorova O.V., Pindosova T.S., Kutsenko I.V., Tsyhanenko O.A., 2024, 31 p.
Materials of electronic testing tasks of the discipline «Maritime English» for the specialization 271.01 Navigation, Riabukha I.M., Pindosova T.S., Kutsenko I.V., Tsyhanenko O.A., 2021, 121 p.
Methodological recommendations on individual work for «Maritime English» discipline, Volkova A. S., 2020, 8 p.
Methodological recommendations on practical lessons for «Maritime English» discipline, Volkova A.S., 2020, 157 p.
Methodological recommendations on practical lessons for «Maritime English» discipline, Tymoshchuk Y.V., Savchenko O.O., 2020, 31 p.