Лингвистика и межкультурная коммуникация. 2015. № 1 ТЕОРИЯ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ P.J. Mitchell, M.A. Shevchenko TEACHING MILITARY LINGUISTS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY Th e article examines the United States Army’s experience of teaching military linguists. <...> A review is made of the history of establishing, developing and perfecting schools, methods and means of training military linguists. <...> Key words: foreign language teaching, foreign military vocabulary, military linguist, military interpreter, teaching methods, United States Army. <...> Рассматривается история становления, развития и совершенствования школ, методик и приемов обучения специалистов в области лингвистического обеспечения военной деятельности. <...> Ключевые слова: обучение иностранному языку, иностранная военная лексика, военный лингвист, военный переводчик, методика преподавания, сухопутные войска США. <...> The importance of language teaching and learning in the military has long been acknowledged in the United States of America: “Knowledge of languages in the military should be considered as important as the ‘development of a weapon, as important as the training of a man to fight in hand-to-hand combat’ ”. — US Congressman Leon Panetta1 in 1981. <...> The question of effectiveness in teaching foreign languages for military purposes, however, is not a new one2. <...> Yet the importance of foreign language capability in the military cannot be understated; absence of effective communication may lead to mistakes which could prove fatal3. <...> Moreover, in a climate of increasing cross-national collaboration in military Митчелл Питер Джонович — ст. преподаватель, зам. декана по международным связям факультета иностранных языков Национального исследовательского Томского государственного университета; e-mail: peter_mitchell@mail.ru Шевченко Михаил Александрович — подполковник, начальник цикла, ст. преподаватель Учебного военного центра Национального исследовательского Томского государственного университета; e-mail: sheffcomms@mail.ru 1 Mьller K.E. On the Military Significance of Language Competence // The Modern Language Journal. 1981. <...> Basingstoke, 2012. 3 Crossey M. Improving Linguistic Interoperability // NATO Review (Summer). 2005. <...> URL: http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2005/issue2/english/art4.html (accessed: 22.01.2013). 89 operations, foreign language capability is essential to interoperability: “the ability of military, paramilitary and security forces, from different linguistic and national <...>