Навчання англійської мови майбутніх фахівців суднової енергетики та його специфіка

The article examines the issue of teaching English to future specialists of marine power engineering and its peculiarities. The researcher defines the concept of teaching as “a purposeful process of transferring and mastering the knowledge, abilities and skills (KAS) for the development and adaptation of the individual to the requirements of society with the active interaction of all participants in this process”, and the term “teaching of future specialists” is considered as “a purposeful active interaction between the teacher and students with the aim of transferring and mastering the KAS necessary for the future profession”. The author examines in detail the term "readiness", which is proposed to be understood as "an integrated quality of the personality, formed by this personality during the teaching process, which provides the opportunity to perform a certain activity effectively", and the term "readiness for professional activity" - as "an integrated quality of the personality, formed by this personality during the  teaching process in a specialty, which provides the opportunity to perform professional functions effectively". Based on these concepts, the author of the scientific article revealed the essence of the concept of "teaching English to future specialists in marine power engineering", which is formulated as "a purposeful active interaction between the teacher and students of the faculty of marine power engineering at English lessons (professional orientation) with the aim of transferring and consciously mastering the necessary professional English skills to ensure that future specialists can perform their professional functions effectively." The study analyzed the specifics of English language teaching for future marine power engineering specialists, which is characterized by: duality of training: after the second year, students undergo sailing practice; the content of teaching in their future specialty