Keyword: «abstract thinking»

The article is connected with the statement that a person thinks with concepts to which he can easily choose words, thus he can competently write, act and understand. The idea of grasping the meanings of words conceptually is one of the new problems in the field of linguistics. The word and its meaning are combined into the main concept or idea symbolized by this word. The article describes the process of understanding in terms of pedagogy, psychology and physiology of the nervous system. The forms of perception and transmission of information are analyzed as ways to increase the level of conceptual understanding of words in a foreign language. The rationale and implementation of the conceptual understanding is illustrated by specific examples.