ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR CUSTOMS SERVICE – SPECIFICS, PRACTICE AND THE PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

English language today is admittedly the lingua franca of international relations, business, trade and academia. In the sphere of Customs Service, English language plays an axial part, in the process of education and training of future Customs personnel, in their work, in the hugely and unavoidably relevant exchange of intelligence among Federal Services, and in the further research in sciences that contribute to the enhancing of Customs efficacy. The authors here present an overview of the English for Custom Service tertiary education courses, both in terms of the present day state of the art content and methodology of this aspect of English Language Teaching. Following that, there is a presentation of the English language learning facilities provided by the Russian Customs Academy in Moscow, the World Customs Organization Regional Training Center. Finally, there are given directions for further research with the emphasis on the multidisciplinary nature of the instruction of English for Customs Service in relation to other sciences and disciplines comprising Customs education and training. The overall aim of the authors is to advocate the need for making a unified online platform, a repository of teaching/learning material, Customs service phrase bank and vocabulary, with an open access to the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU) members that would greatly aid both the everyday work and research in this area.