LINGUODIDACTIC POTENTIAL OF EUPHEMISTIC VOCABULARY IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ON THE MATERIAL OF CHINESE TEXTBOOKS)

Abstract

The article reveals euphemisms used as language material in textbooks of Chinese as a foreign language. The relevance of the research is determined by its involvement in problems of modern linguodidactics in connection with teaching students specific layers of the vocabulary of a foreign language. The aim of the study is to compare the representation of euphemisms in Chinese language textbooks at the school and university stages of education. The methods of directional sampling and comparative analysis were used as the main ones in the work. Consideration of textbooks from the point of view of the functioning of euphemisms in them takes place based on the developed model of analysis. The results of the study indicate the low representation of euphemisms in Chinese language textbooks in quantitative and thematic terms, the lack of systematization in the presentation of euphemistic material, and errors in translation. The scope of the obtained results is linguodidactics, pedagogy, theory and practice of translation.