Keyword: «the english language»

Some game-technologies provide creating success and motivating students. The subject of the study is to conduct an intellectual game as an optimal form of the lesson. The didactic orientation of the material is сonsidered, special attention is drawn to the efficiency of using this technology. The result of intellectual games is increasing interest in the subject, reducing the load of students, the ability to work in the group, motivated memorization, the application of knowledge in real life.

This article examines the stages of the formation of English dictionaries, their features peculiar to a certain period of lexicography. Attention is also paid to the use of certain words in a particular situation and the main problems of the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

The article suggests using translation contests as an instrument for multicultural competence formation for international students. The article deals with the objectives of the contest, peculiarities of its organization, and gives analysis of its perspectives for further motivation of foreign students to study foreign languages and cultures.

In the modern world intercultural communication can take different forms. The article provides evidence of the prospects of such type of intercultural communication as intercultural artistic communication, carried out through the poetic translation of a poetic work, and gives a comparative analysis of some existing translations of A. Blok's poem «Scythians» into English, which confirms the conclusions drawn.

The article focuses on the actuality of improving lexical skills in the process of language learning and acquisition at secondary school with the help of using educational web-applications. The concepts of lexical skills and web-application are considered, particular examples of applications are provided. Recommendations for their use in the learning process are given. The authors summarize personal experience and assess practical results.