Keyword: «latin»

In this paper we analyze examples of the names of the shops, hotels and companies of the city of Irkutsk, in which the Latin graphemes used or represented whole words in the English language. Also described are cases when, on the contrary, English words written in Cyrillic are used in the text without adequate translation. The classification of examples on a formal basis is carried out, texts are estimated from the point of view of normativity, appropriateness, language taste.

This article examines the lexical units of the thematic group «Religion», borrowed in English from the Latin language; reveals the role of the Latin language in replenishing the thematic group «Religion»; analyzes the stages of borrowing lexemes from Latin into English.

Latin plays a significant part in learning English and German, but a teacher can face problems related to the selection materials and the organization of educational process to make the lesson as informative and interesting as possible for students. The problems and methods of teaching Latin in higher educational institutions are analysed in this article.