ELEMENTS OF ETHYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSONS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE DESIGNATIONS OF DAYS OF WEEK IN FRENCH)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the role of using the elements of etymological analysis in foreign language lessons. The author refers to the concepts of “etymology”, “etymological analysis”, offers the methodological basis of the study and determines the place of this analysis in the learning native and foreign languages. The possibilities of etymological analysis are illustrated with specific examples – the designations of the days of the week in French. The main content of the study is the analysis of the words: lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche in terms of their origin, free and lexical phrases, extralinguistic information. As a result of this work, the author concludes that the introduction of elements of etymological analysis into the foreign language teaching contributes to the conscious acquiring language, which makes the learning process more effective and interesting.