Interference-caused problems in developing linguistic competence of students’ academic speech in english

Abstract

The paper discusses the problem of linguistic interference and the controversial position it holds in teaching foreign languages. The analysis of typical errors that students make under the influence of the Russian language in delivering or writing scientific works (reports, presentations, abstracts to scientific papers) in English shows how these errors can change and even distort the meaning of the text or cause difficulties in its understanding. The author believes that to acquire linguistic competence in oral and written academic English required for successful and effective communication in scientific and education activities is impossible without well-trained skills and techniques aimed to overcome or minimize interlingual interference.

Keywords

• language interference
• interference errors
• linguistic literacy, academic text
• oral and written speech
• scientific activities
• communication