Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL Number 7. July 2021 Pp. 331-344
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.23
Designing ESP Online Course for Personnel of Law-Enforcement Agencies of Ukraine
Ihor Bloshchynskyi
Foreign Languages Department, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of State Border Guard Service of
Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Corresponding author: i.bloshch@gmail.com
Andrii Balendr
Foreign Languages Department, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of State Border Guard Service of
Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Yevhen Dolynskyi
Department of German Philology and Translation Studies, Khmelnytskyi National University, Khmelnytskyi,
Ukraine
Valentyna Hrishko-Dunaievska
Foreign Languages Department, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of State Border Guard Service of
Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Oksana Herasimova
Foreign Languages Department,Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of State Border Guard Service of
Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Received: 5/19/2021 Accepted: 7/13/2021 Published: 7/26/2021
Abstract:
The article reveals ESP distance learning course for foreign language training of the law-enforcement agencies personnel. Topics and stages of ESP online language learning course have been considered. The training of personnel of border security units is an integral part of the system of ensuring Integrated Border Management; it is necessary to provide coherence of units for the skillful organization of their operational and service activity. The authors focus particular attention on the structural and logical scheme of ESP distance learning course according to the separate modules. The purpose of the article is to reveal developed the ESP online course in the framework of border guards training in Ukraine. The purpose set required performing a thorough needs analysis of the target audience (border guard officers serving at the border). It has been determined that it is more efficient for border guards to study the English language without leaving their professional duties at the border. The results of the development and implementation of the English language distance learning course for foreign language training of the Border Guard Agency personnel allowed us to conclude that it is necessary and effective for border guards to obtain professional language skills for performing everyday tasks, organizing operational and service activity and during border control at checkpoints across the state border. The teacher during ESP online course acts as a catalyst for communication, provides feedback, takes into account a variety of learning styles, and pays considerable attention to the development of not only intellectual but also moral qualities of border guards. The developed online ESP course for Border Guard Agency personnel effectively functions in the system of professional training, providing an opportunity for border guards at the workplace without interrupting their main activity to improve their level of professional English proficiency. The course can be implemented in other law-enforcement educational institutions for independent learning of personnel in order to form foreign language competence, especially for officers who plan to participate in joint international programs and trainings.
Keywords: distance learning course, foreign language training, personnel of the law-enforcement agencies.
Cite as: Bloshchynskyi , I., Balendr, A., Dolynskyi, Y., Hrishko-Dunaievska, V.,& Herasimova, O. (2021). Designing ESP Online Course for Personnel of Law-Enforcement Agencies of Ukraine. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL (7). 331-344.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.23.
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