Features of the introduction of new lexical units at the advanced stage of training The advanced stage of learning a foreign language has its own characteristics. By its
beginning, a significant vocabulary has already been accumulated, communicative needs
grow to free reading and discussion in a foreign language of the
press and fiction, which
become the main material of educational work. To the tasks of training is added the
formation of the ability of translation, which is rightfully sometimes called the fifth type of
speech activity.First of all, the peculiarity of the advanced stage of learning lies in the
attitude to the word as a multi
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component unit, firstly, denoting the concept, secondly,
having meaning and, thirdly, bearing a certain meaning depending on the context.
Therefore, at an advanced stage, when presenting a lexical unit (including due to the quality
of the unit itself
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abstractness, limited compatibility, a significant cultural component),
more attention is paid to the inner meaning of the word, its connotation, word
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formation
potential, synonymic, antonymic and hyponymic series, and in English
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especially
polysemy and homonymy (record
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record, record; weather (weather) and whether
(whether)). Thus, the vocabulary is brought into the system, grouped not only by thematic
blocks, but also on the basis of semantic relations, word
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formation nests, associative
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semantic and functional
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semantic fields. At the same time, when introducing units, thanks
to the accumulated dictionary, foreign
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language methods of semantics can already be used
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explanation in a foreign language, finding a foreign
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language synonym, antonyms,
presentation through context. V. S.Tsetlin writes about the difficulties of
using vocabulary
at an advanced stage: "Having learned a new foreign word, the equivalent of a native one,
one should
be very careful with its use: behind the word is a concept, behind the concept is
an object or phenomenon of the reality of the world, and this is the world of another
country, foreign, alien, alien" [6]. At an advanced stage of learning, the interfering
influence of the native language appears, which can be overcome or weakened by
explaining the similarities and differences in the use of words in both languages: (handsome
–
"beautiful" only about a man).Since a complex translation skill is formed at an advanced
stage, in addition to improving lexical skills of word formation and word usage, the skill of
linguistic forecasting is developed in understanding unexplored vocabulary based on word
formation and without it. I.S.Yakimanskaya emphasizes “the linguistic forecasting
exercises can consist not only in filling in gaps, but also in consecutive translation of a text
with unfamiliar words by ear.The work on the systematization of vocabulary and the focus
on translation activities also lead to the fact that, if at the initial and middle stages the
student's vocabulary mainly consists of active vocabulary, then at the advanced stage the
ratio of
types of dictionaries changes significantly
–
passive and potential dictionaries
accumulate intensively”[7].
Thus, the goals and capabilities of each of the stages of language learning determine
the specifics of working with the lexical component of speech. Taking this into account
allows you to build work on the word rationally, feasible and effective. Teaching
vocabulary at various stages cannot but differ in the depth of understanding of a word (as a
multicomponent unit, a unit of a certain style, a unit whose meaning depends on the
context, etc.) and tasks (intensive expansion of vocabulary, systematization of vocabulary,
etc.). Each of the stages of learning has its own difficulties: at the middle stage there is a
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problem of memorizing the word, at the
advanced stage
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the use of its usage. During the
work on the vocabulary, the educational material changes (from adapted to original, from
neutral to texts of a certain functional style), working methods change (from Russian
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speaking to foreign
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speaking),
the volume of vocabulary grows and a selective approach to
it appears (both active, potential and passive).