CULTURAL VERIFICATION OF CONCEPTS AS AN IMPORTANT METHOD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ LEXICAL SKILLS ON THE BASIS OF MULTICULTURAL APPROACH IN FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Abstract

The article specifies the role of cultural verification of concepts in the development of lexical skills of students of linguistic specialties and substantiates the expediency of turning to a multicultural approach in teaching French. The article also points out that conceptual learning can be an effective strategy for developing students’ multicultural lexical skills and immersing them in francophone cultures. The authors present a list of the main criteria of cultural verification of concepts available to senior students in French language learning and give a sample of the results of cultural verification of a concept on the example of the concept “society/community” in French using such criteria as state symbols, textbooks on French, everyday culture of communication, phonetic structure and features of articulation, philosophical systems.