LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY
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https://doi.org/10.35433/pedagogy.2(121).2025.2Keywords:
teaching strategies, professional vocabulary, cognitive strategies, learning effectivenessAbstract
The article focuses on the study of learning strategies aimed at acquiring professional vocabulary since professional lexical competence is an integral part of professional competence, the linguistic basis of foreign language communicative competence, and higher education institutions make great efforts in professional communication. Growing demands on professional language training of specialists in technical specialties, expansion and strengthening of international contacts, and growth of scientific progress determine the need for proficiency in English for Specific Purposes at a sufficiently high level. These trends make it necessary to search for optimal methods for intensifying teaching professionally oriented terminology and effectively acquiring terminological units. Deepening into the theoretical background of the concepts of "professionally oriented lexis" and "learning strategy", the article highlights the available categorization of learning strategies. Also, it emphasizes scientists’ various approaches to interpreting these concepts. The article clarifies the didactic possibilities of learning strategies and determines possible ways of their implementation in teaching/learning a foreign language in the context of higher education. The article provides an understanding of the learning strategies' impact on the dynamics of acquiring professional vocabulary, emphasizes the importance of following the basic principles of professional lexis teaching, focuses on the teacher’s role not only in instructing but also in forming and developing foreign language learning strategies in students. The article details the ways of implementing cognitive learning strategies in English classes. It gives examples of exercises that can significantly improve learning effectiveness, using cognitive strategies and creating favorable conditions for acquiring specialized vocabulary.
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