Tools of electronic lexicography as a means to teaching foreign language for professional purposes

Abstract

The paper is the first one to describe the technology of applying methods of electronic lexicography to teaching foreign language for professional purposes, and even to form communicative competence among future teachers of the secondary vocational education system.

A detailed description of the procedure for creating learning dictionary using the Dictionary Specification Language (DSL) is suggested. The composing of a bilingual electronic dictionary is considered both as an object of studying and as a teaching tool. In addition to the analysis of scientific literature, the analysis of regulatory and legal documentation, as well as educational and methodological literature was carried out. An analytical review of electronic bilingual dictionaries is presented.

The results of the study can be used to train vocational education teachers and to teach foreign language for professional purposes.