The use of the modern “Flipped classroom” method for teaching cadets and officers of higher military educational institutions a foreign language

The purpose of the article is to analyze innovative and very interesting methods of teaching foreign (English) language cadets and officers of higher military educational institutions. The aim of this research is to determine the strategy that is best chosen by the teacher in order to help cadets and officers of higher military educational institutions to achieve a high level of knowledge of a foreign language (English). The relevance of the research is not only to take classes under the new «Flipped classroom method» in groups of cadets and officers of higher military educational institutions, but also to prove that this implementation will improve and accelerate the acquisition of knowledge of a foreign language. In the article a number of advanced teaching methods that have already become traditional are examined and the needs of modern teaching of a foreign language in higher education institutions are met. The article reveals the essence of the «inverted class» (Flipped classroom) concepts and «inverted learning». In the article all the positive aspects of learning with the help of using the concept of «inverted class» (Flipped classroom) are analyzed. The prospects for the use of this concept are determined, taking into account world examples of its introduction into the educational process in foreign educational institutions. The research objective is to offer a special program on the Flipped Classroom learning methodology to better learn foreign (English) language by cadets and officers of higher military educational institutions, and to prove that with the help of this technique high levels of foreign language skills in the field of professional communication can be achieved. The author studies the differences between the traditional and flipped lessons, and taking into account new functions of a teacher in the lecture-room and the teacher as a tutor. The article describes main advantages and possible disadvantages of the flipped-class learning.