Psychological and Pedagogical Foundations for Future Seafarers’ English-Language Communicative Competency Development

Abstract

The general tendency of the present to regard the foreign language as a socially and personally important factor steps up the possibilities for the specialist’s self-realization and ensures his career success. It should be noted that a good command of the English language, as future seafarers’ working language and a universal means for their mutual understanding during professional and everyday communication on board a vessel takes a key role. Seafarers’ maritime English communicative competence is undoubtedly one of the fundamental indicators of their general professional competency as well as an essential feature of their identity with the profession.