OPTIMIZATION OF METHODS OF TEACHING ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY IN LIGHT OF THE COGNITIVE APPROACH

Abstract

The paper explores current issues in optimizing the teaching of economic terminology based on cognitive principles of foreign language comprehension. Research into the mechanisms of new word acquisition, based on a cognitive approach, allows for a better understanding of the process of understanding the lexical meaning of a term and the improvement of foreign language teaching systems. The objective of the paper is to demonstrate the need to use a cognitive approach to identify effective methods for teaching new foreign words and optimize the teaching of Russian economic terminology. The study focused on the economic vocabulary mastered by international students studying at economics universities in the Russian Federation. To achieve this goal, methods of analyzing and synthesizing theoretical works in the fields of cognitivism, cognitive linguodidactics, a modeling method, and a method for analyzing the professional vocabulary used by future economists were used. The study shows that understanding the cognitive structure of human mental space and the frame organization of word meanings enables the development and improvement of foreign language teaching methods. The paper defines mechanisms for perceiving economic terminology, outlines ways to optimize the teaching of new vocabulary within the cognitive approach, and methods for improving the learning process for foreign students receiving higher economic education in Russia.