ENGLISH DOUBLETS IN TEACHING THE SPECIALITY LANGUAGE AT NON-LANGUAGE UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article presents some peculiarities of teaching the language of specialty with the students of non-language universities on the basis of using stylistic techniques which are commonly used in English language. Etymological doublets are considered not only as a change of phonetic forms, but also as a result of semantic changes of words. Based on the analysis of linguistic and pedagogical works, three reasons that contribute to the understanding of the doublet etymology with and-conjunction, extrinsical to Slavic languages speakers, are offered for consideration. Practical recommendations are given for the introduction of doublets in the tasks on the development of oral speech with students of economic and legal specialties (in the form of simulation or collaboration in classes on the discipline “Foreign Language in Professional Sphere”). The author concludes that as a recommendation, teachers of higher education should draw attention of students to doublets and their frequent use in business communication.