TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

Teaching a foreign language for specific purposes concentrates on the specific needs of the learners, focusing more on language in context and on the course participants` need to acquire a set of professional skills and particular job-related functions. The process of teaching foreign languages in a professional higher education institution is a unique and differs in many aspects, it is directed and addresses immediate and very specific needs, moreover the trend of educational paradigm nowadays is the competency building approach which in turn involves the development of learners` ability to apply existing knowledge and skills in order to solve specific practical work –related problems. The paper is the result of personal professional teaching experience as well as it contains theoretical analysis of teaching foreign language for specific purposes as well as authors reveal the current challenges that teachers encounter in the process of teaching language for specific purposes in the State Border Guard College of the Republic of Latvia

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE STATE BORDER GUARD OFFICIALS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA: ESSENTIALS, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Topicality of the Paper is determined by the dynamic and considerable changes that influence the fulfilment of the State Border Guard professional activities which in turn impose additional requirements to the professional training of border guards. The quality of the State Border Guard work reflects in its implemented functions that also results from the proficiency and professionalism of the personnel. The aim of this Paper is to analyse the current system of border guards’ professional training, regulatory aspects as well as gathered statistical data regarding the issues of presented topics. Authors of the Paper bring forward several suggestions that in future could satisfy the central demands in the field of border guards` professional education and could be successfully implemented in the Basic concepts of the State Border Guard`s personnel training

POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM FOR BORDER GUARDS TRAINING IN THE STATE BORDER GUARD COLLEGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA

Efficient use of educational technology and digital learning possibilities has always been the strategic area of high importance in border guards training at the State Border Guard College of Latvia. Recently, issues related to training during the Covid-19, have spurred and revived the discussion, topicality and practical need to use the potential of e-learning opportunities which brought up unexpected, additional, previously unsolved, unexplored, challenges and tasks to border guards training. New opportunities and challenges for trainers, learners and administration of training process both in online communication and learning administration contexts. In order to find out and define further e-learning development possibilities at the State Border Guard College the authors of this research explore the scientific literature on the current research findings, methodologies, approaches on developing interactive e-learning systems in educational contexts, particularly within the sphere of law enforcement. Based on scientific literature research findings authors put forward suggestions on improving the e-learning systems for border guards training