Theoretical Aspects of Teaching Students Economic Terminology

Abstract

Teaching students professional terminology in the course of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has always been a subject of interest for researchers. This interest has been enhanced with the necessity to arm future specialists, namely in the field of International Economics, with a powerful means of communication in order to sign contracts, hold negotiations and develop cooperation with their business partners. To perform these and numerous other functions specialists will obviously need the knowledge of special vocabulary and will require skills how to use it in practice. Gaining such knowledge and acquiring proper skills can be feasible if teachers of ESP develop effective ways of teaching terminology and apply their theoretical findings in practice. Hence, the demand of society to foster qualified specialists in the conditions of integrating into the world economy and the requirements of labor market evoke the need to find new approaches to provide students majoring in...