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Abstract: The article deals with the issue of developing future English teachers’, translators’ and interpreters’ competence of working with dictionaries and glossaries. The primary focus is on choosing lexicographic resources, their adaptation, and introduction of creative assignments connected with the use of dictionaries. The author uses an interdisciplinary approach combining the issues of education, methods of language teaching, lexicography, lexicology, terminological studies, and phraseology. The practical research data were collected via methods of observation, analysis and student survey. Acquainting students with the concepts of lexicography and history of lexicography in different countries contributes to the development of theoretical knowledge in linguistics. Encouraging students to explore various dictionaries, to describe and analyze their mega-, macro-, medio- and microstructure makes students more competent in using dictionaries and enhances their professional knowledge and skills. Lexicographic resources serve as material for students’ research work aimed to analyze language phenomena. Dictionaries and glossaries are a tool for developing students’ creative skills, their abilities to analyze, compare and contrast, to conduct independent work, and to personalize their learning. Selecting vocabulary for the lexical minimum in the form of academic glossaries is necessary in teaching subjects related to Languages for Specific Purposes and special texts translation. Compiling glossaries by students enriches their lexicological knowledge according to their personal cognitive needs and interests. Students’ experience in such activities and the challenges they come across may become subject for discussion at language, linguistics and translation classes. The practical value of the article consists in the fact that it contains a guide on the use of dictionaries and glossaries in the process of professional training of future linguists.

About the author(s) :

Natalia N. Bobyreva

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (Kazan, Russian Federation)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4680-7902

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 28.02.2024; date of publication: 31.03.2026

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