Methodological Aspects of Lexical Competence Formation in the Study of the English Language
The article focuses on the problem of identifying methodological aspects of the successful formation of lexical competence in the context of learning a foreign (English) language. In this research area, the author pays special attention to the formation of precisely lexical competence in connection with the efficiency and productivity of learning a foreign language. The purpose of the article was to consider lexical competence as a factor in the formation of the competence-based universalism that self-actualizes in the sociocultural space of a modern person. The objectives are (1) to justify the development of vocabulary as the basis for the communicative competence of the individual; (2) to identify the structure of the process of formation of lexical competence; (3) to identify the methodological aspects of the successful formation of lexical competence. Methods: theoretical analysis, synthesis and isolation of structures. Results: A methodical procedure for the presentation of lexical units in the process of learning a foreign language was revealed. The psycholinguistic component of the formation in memory of links for storing lexical information related by semantic features is substantiated. The exercises that promote the productive learning of the vocabulary of a foreign (English) language and the formation on this basis of the lexical and communicative competencies of students are considered.