FORMATION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING ENGLISH

Abstract

The article deals with a relevant problem in modern methodology, namely, the issues of the strategy for the formation of future primary school teachers’ vocabulary, as well as some principles of promoting the language and cognitive development of students. To understand and analyze the process of forming a professional vocabulary, the article briefly considers the criteria for the professional vocabulary of teachers. The study focuses mainly on lexical exercises that contribute to the formation of the future teacher's own vocabulary and indicates that this process depends mainly on how often a person encounters a word and how deeply these words are processed. Reading professional texts in a foreign language is an important source of learning vocabulary, first under the supervision and with the help of a teacher, and later, according to the results of learning, independently or in a group. Specially designed exercises for such texts provide the necessary number of repetition, and also allow students to learn and use words that they do not often encounter in spoken language. An important component is the motivation of students to consciously and actively engage in the use of words, creating a range of activities that enriches understanding of the meaning words and focuses them on the use of words in speech. The main goal is to keep students interested and to cover the vocabulary from which the actual study of vocabulary begins. The process of forming a professional vocabulary of future primary school teachers is considered on the example of working with a professionally oriented text and conclusions are drawn about the most effective ways of forming a future primary school teachers’ professional vocabulary.