COGNITIVE-DISCURSIVE APPROACH IN THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS THE GRAMMAR OF SPEECH (THE STUDY OF SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD IN GERMAN LANGUAGE TAKEN AS AN EXAMPLE)

Abstract

The article discusses one of the aspects of the methodology of teaching German in a non-linguistic university (MGIMO University taken as an example), namely, the grammar of German language from the point of view of the cognitive-discursive approach. With reference to one of the most complex grammatical phenomena of German language, the subjunctive mood, the author shows the semantic component of the grammatical form in the discourse. The author emphasizes the importance of grammatical correctness of speech for successful professional activity of an international affairs specialist. The article discusses the sequence and the main stages of work on this grammatical topic. Special attention is paid to the most difficult aspects of the topic for foreign language students, such as the use of subjunctive mood for indirect speech.