Technology of problem-based teaching of academic English for chemists in the system of additional education

The aim of the article is to consider the features of additional education for adults, to research the main problems that arise in the training of adult chemists, and to substantiate the choice for further study and modernization of the problem-based learning technology. The article discusses the features of adult education, the specifics of the system of additional education, and substantiates the choice of a system of additional education for adult education. The authors substantiate the choice of problem-based learning technology for subsequent modernization and implementation in the system of distance learning of adults in academic English. The results are the following: the problem-based learning technology to effective use in adult chemists teaching in the system of additional education was substantiated; the problem-based learning technology can be successfully upgraded for these conditions