HOW TO WORK WITH THEMATIC TEXTS IN ESP CLASSES

Svitlana O. Chernyshova; Olena A. Sydorenko; Olena P. Tokmenko

doi:10.31435/rsglobal_ws/30092019/6702

Svitlana O. Chernyshova Ph.D. in Philology, Ukraine, Kyiv, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Olena A. Sydorenko Ph.D. in Philology, Ukraine, Kyiv, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Olena P. Tokmenko Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Ukraine, Kyiv, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_ws/30092019/6702

Keywords: thematic text, skill, meaning, lexical and grammatical rules, professionally oriented

Abstract

The article provides guidelines on working with thematic texts with students of non-linguistic majors. It seeks to formulate effective and efficient methods of working with thematic texts, drawing upon the main types of working with texts in general. The article has made use of the method of analysing thematic texts and, therefore, argues that there are three basic steps in working with thematic texts, namely pre-textual, textual, and post-textual. A set of exercises based on the book On the Uses of Philosophy by Will Durant has been used to illustrate the point. In the final analysis, the article argues that the methodology it sets out focuses on developing students’ reading skills through helping them:
• correctly understand a foreign word;
• make conscious use of the structure of the meanings of foreign words;
• combine words and/or phrases in accordance with relevant lexical and grammatical rules;
• formulate and express an opinion in a foreign language in various form with thematic vocabulary;
• and understand thoughts expressed by other foreign-language speakers.

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