Conditions for forming future language teachers’ lexical competence in pandemic times
Keywords:
lexical competence, coronalogisms, foreign language, information and communication technologies, blended learning.
Abstract
Successful communication in English as a foreign language depends primarily on the amount of vocabulary learned, which ensures speech appropriateness in a particular communicative situation and adequate perception of information. The article reveals the conditions for forming future language teachers’ lexical competence in Ukrainian higher pedagogical education institutions on the example of vocabulary denoting coronalogisms. The summative stage revealed students’ positive motivation for learning new vocabulary, while the formative one was aimed at expanding students’ range of vocabulary on a particular topic. The work was carried out in three stages: introducing new vocabulary; practicing and consolidating new material; using the target vocabulary in written and oral speech. Determining the range of students’ vocabulary, their word knowledge quality and ability to use target vocabulary at the control stage gives grounds to state the effectiveness of conditions for forming future language teachers’ lexical competence during the pandemic: using ICT and time-conditioned blended learning as a combination of traditional and distance learning.
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Vaganova, O., Livshits, Y., Aleshugina, E., Smirnova, Z., & Kutepova, L. (2019). Experience in developing electronic glossary in a higher education institution. Amazonia Investiga, 8(22), 247-253. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/421
Velasco, D. (2007). Lexical competence and Functional Discourse Grammar. Alfa: Revista de Lingüística, 51(2). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26623402_Lexical_competence_and_Functional_Discourse_Grammar
Yuksel, I. (2011). Evaluation of Foreign Language Learners’ Lexical Competence. Problems of Education in the 21st century, 36, 10-16. Retrieved from http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/pec/files/pdf/vol36/10-16.Yuksel_Vol.36.pdf
Zareva, A., Schwanenflugel, P., & Nikolova, Y. (2005). Relationship between lexical competence and language proficiency: variable sensitivity. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27(4), 567–595. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263105050254
Published
2021-08-31
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Bashkir, O., Kniaz, H., Panchenko, V., Bakhmat, L., & Sobchenko, T. (2021). Conditions for forming future language teachers’ lexical competence in pandemic times. Amazonia Investiga, 10(43), 72-82. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.43.07.7
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