Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Jun 2020)

ACTIVE VOCABULARY METHODS AIMED “PASSIVE VOCABULARY” STRENGTHENING METHODS

  • Nurutdinova, A.R.,
  • Episheva, K.D.,
  • Shaidullina, A.R.,
  • Khusainova, R.R.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2020.22.2.8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 2 (22)
pp. 64 – 68

Abstract

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Learning vocabulary is a significant process in language learning. Vocabulary influences not only the study progress, but also the perception of us by other people. In our daily life one of the reasons why a person is identified as the educated one is the diversity of words used in speech. The aforementioned pattern was taken into account and has reflected in the aim of modern education. The central competence formed in today’s school is communicative one. Thus, the teaching process has also undergone changes. In addition, teaching vocabulary is by far the most multi-aspect part of teaching language. With respect to forming communicative skills the vocabulary division on active and passive types comes to the fore. The problem of considerable concern is that most researches and discussions study the expanding vocabulary in general. Largely, they represent methods of enriching and ways of measuring passive lexicon. A word is going through several stages before passing to the active part of vocabulary. Methods for strengthening passive words should be constructed in order to help teachers in their practice. It outlines the relevance of this study. The research object is passive vocabulary strengthening methods. The research subject is defined as process of strengthening passive vocabulary. The purpose of the study was twofold: first, to examine the peculiar characteristics of passive and active vocabulary; second, to consider ways of strengthening passive vocabulary. The following methods are under consideration: 1) to study the theoretical material about passive and active vocabulary, including their distinctive features, subtypes, and ways of measuring; 2) to explore methods of activation passive vocabulary; 3) to synthesize new methods by transformation of the existing enriching vocabulary methods. Descriptive research of secondary data on this topic, analysis of data and suggested methods, synthesis of new ways for teaching active vocabulary were used in the study.

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