Functional approach to teaching a foreign language for specific purposes
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2023-13-c-72-77(045)
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of teaching a foreign language for specific purposes. The paper emphasizes the need to develop functional communication skills in a foreign-language professional environment as well as an intercultural communicative competence. The functional approach to teaching a foreign language is usually associated with a peculiar way of teaching foreign language grammar, but at present it seems appealing to consider functionality in teaching a professional discourse from a cognitive perspective, taking into account such phenomena as functional literacy, functional reading, functional language, which are necessary to create a holistic system for teaching a foreign language. The author describes a cognitive-interactive model of communication, which contributes to students’ understanding of the peculiarities of the functioning of a foreign language and encourages its use as an efficient tool to carry out professional communications.
About the Author
S. L. Kliminskaya
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana L. Kliminskaya — Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor of the Department of English for
Professional Communication
Moscow
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Kliminskaya S.L. Functional approach to teaching a foreign language for specific purposes. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2023;13(2):72-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2023-13-c-72-77(045)
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