Alla T. Rakhmanova

The article is about some special ways of teaching English in the Military University of Russian Ministry of Defence. This article deals with the ideas of being a master of English and how to teach English, to make student’s skills in the language perfect. What is that “skills” or “habits” in spoken language? The author shares the experience of teaching the language at the additional courses in the Military University. That is the problem, because the students are the adult people, who are blocked, pressed for time, very ambitious, easily being hurt, but having poor competence in the language, and at that very time they have a high social position. The author gives the diff erent views of Russian scientists on this point. The author points out, that the professors of the Military University act with the understanding that the chain: “knowledge, abilities, skills” is the chain having the end “competition”, through “readiness” (the feelings of a student the ability to the communication in Foreign Language). The technology of such education is the so-called “immersion”, which diff ers very much from those in secondary school. The teachers and professors of the Military University create their own program and use in the work the text-books of their own too. This kind of teaching is very eff ective. The adult students can have a great step forward in the education and are able to use the English in their work when they need, when it is necessary.