WAYS AND MEANS OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF ITS USAGE

Abstract

The article deals with various ways and means of presenting the foreign language vocabulary units. A variety of criteria and principles of selecting and using the ways and means of presentation foreign words and word combinations, taking into consideration a special set of meaningful factors. The authors of the article divide the ways and means of the foreign language vocabulary presentation into two contrasting types: translation and non-translation ways and means. In doing so the authors suggest a separate analysis of each of them, taking into account opinions and treatments of the well-known experts’ in the field of psychology and foreign language teaching methods. Advantages and shortcomings of the translation and non-translation ways and means of the foreign language vocabulary presentation are given in a laconic and clear-cut manner with necessary assessments, brief recommendations on their practical employment.