THE SPECIFICS OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF LEXICAL SKILLS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to a close analysis of the diagnosing lexical skills in foreign language classes conducted with modern non-linguistic universities students process specifics. Based on the analysis of the author’s pedagogical experience, as well as the involvement of a wide specialized literature range, the lexical skills role and place in the future non-linguistic professional foreign language competence structure are established. The researcher identifies possible difficulties that may arise in the way of their formation. The author gives the term “diagnostics” its meaning and generalized description in relation to such academic discipline. The article analyzes what role it can play in the course of solving such problems in the organizational and pedagogical conditions typical for most higher education organizations in Russia. Taking into account the relevant circumstances, the search for the most effective form of diagnostic tasks is also carried out. Examples of such are given.