DEVELOPING VERBAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING OF IT SPECIALISTS ON THE BASIS OF THE THESAURUS CENTERED APPROACH

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of developing verbal and analytical reasoning of students majoring in Information Technologies on the basis of the thesaurus centered approach in the process of studying a foreign language. Related work information is analyzed. The basic concepts of the study, namely, individual lexicon, subject field lexicon, thesaurus, subject field thesaurus are defined according to the current approaches. The importance of the lexicon and thesaurus in the structure of the linguistic personality is analyzed. The role of the individual lexicon in the process of personal and social development is revealed. The essence of the thesaurus centered approach and the expediency of its use while studying a foreign language is analyzed. The stages of designing the thesaurus type dictionary as a means of developing verbal and analytical reasoning of students majoring in Information Technologies are described, among which are the following ones: modeling the subject field knowledge system of IT specialists; designing the glossary of the subject field terminology and vocabulary; introducing the conceptual articles of terms; developing a bilingual dictionary in which the words and phrases are introduced, which are included into the conceptual articles of the terms. Examples of the components of the thesaurus type dictionary of IT specialists are presented. The proposed dictionary serves as the basis for developing verbal and analytical reasoning of IT specialists while studying a foreign language. The process of such development involves the comprehension of the conceptual sphere of the subject field, which forms the basis of the subject field lexicon of IT specialists; knowledge of semantic and functional peculiarities of the subject field lexicon; mastering the algorithms of word sense-making and semasiological interpretation of the subject field matter.