Peculiarities of electronic textbooks for studying English for Professional Purposes

Abstract

This article is a review of the existing points of view concerning application of electronic textbooks in educational process in the higher educational institutions on the basis of experience of the foreign universities. Advantages of electronic training materials are given. The accepted formats of electronic textbooks are considered. Possibilities of application of electronic textbooks in foreign language ESP courses at a technical university are explained. The advantage of an electronic textbook is its accessibility of reading on different platforms of electronic devices. The training electronic materials created by the authors at the Department of English for Engineering № 2 of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” for students of the Faculty of Aerospace Systems, in particular, the explanatory dictionary, a terminology trainer, electronic ESP courses. The experience gained in the course of the active implementation of electronic means of study will allow further activity in the selection of lexical units for adjacent areas. The further activity will imply the creation of electronic textbooks oriented on mobile systems of communication, for example, with the use of ePub or fb2 technologies.