ABOUT THE CONTENT OF LEXICAL COMPETENCE IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Abstract

The article studies how to form foreign language lexical competence as a linguistic basis of the communicative competence of students of non-linguistic universities. The authors consider the concept and content of lexical competence as an important component for the formation of all types of speech activity. The components of lexical competence for the needs of professional communication are described in detail. The conditions for creating a model for the formation of lexical competence in teaching a foreign language in the professional sphere are listed. The importance of developing receptive and productive activities while simultaneously using the techniques of semanticizing lexical units to improve language guesswork and associative thinking is emphasized. Considerable attention is paid to the vocabulary and types of systemic connections of lexical units. The complex of statistical, linguistic and methodological principles for the successful formation of lexical competence is considered.