FEATURES OF PREPARING LESSON PLANS ACCORDING TO REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATO STANAG 6001 STANDARD

Abstract

The article highlights the issue of developing lesson plans in accordance with NATO standard STANAG 6001. They are necessary for instructors of higher educational military establishments who work with servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are then sent abroad for military service in peacekeeping units, peacekeeping personnel training and need knowledge of foreign languages to perform their dutiesin English-speaking environment (listening, speaking, reading and writing) according to the requirements of the respective STANAG 6001 levels. The purpose of this article is substantiate the necessity of writing lesson plans according to STANAG 6001 standards as well as to demonstrate STANAG 6001 lesson plan to those instructors who teach servicemen at higher educational military establishments and help them to get ready for NATO language test. It emphasizes that NATO language test STANAG 6001 is not based on the program of training courses or other educational programs, as its main purpose is not to test knowledge of certain aspects of language, but to determine the level of foreign language competence. In order to teach military and prepare them to STANAG 6001 it is compulsory for instructors to have appropriate lesson plans to get a good feedback at the end of the language courses. After preparatory work and approbation in Ottawa (Canada), the author suggests an example of lesson plan according to NATO standards STANAG 6001. It includes the following items: lesson objectives, language material that has to be activated in the classroom speech activities, skills and abilities which will be formed or improved in the lesson, as well as methodological techniques, exercises, modes of work that are planned to be used to solve the tasks.