Teaching Foreign Language Communication in the Context of a Functional and Semantic Approach
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| Title: | Teaching Foreign Language Communication in the Context of a Functional and Semantic Approach |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Zarina Takuova (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Teaching Research Quarterly. 2026 54:125-150. |
| Availability: | European Knowledge Development (EUROKD). e-mail: editorial@eurokd.com; Web site: https://www.eurokd.com/journal/jd/1 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 26 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Tourism, Hospitality Occupations, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Vocational English (Second Language), Semantics, Teaching Methods, Policy, Grammar |
| Geographic Terms: | Kazakhstan |
| ISSN: | 2667-6753 |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the functional-semantic methodology of foreign language teaching for non-philologists. It surveys schools in Kazakhstan, the USA and some European countries and the grammatical and semantic features of English used for professional communication. In surveying programmes, methodologies, and resources, fundamental concepts for professional grammar and vocabulary were established. Evidence suggests that using speech patterns in professionally orientated communication enhances learning in foreign languages. Transformative practices facilitate the improvement of communicative competence by incorporating flexible grammar patterns and transforming language units into "real life" scenarios. A semantic study shows that professionally orientated thematic vocabulary fields help professionals remember and use language units. The functional-semantic methodology structures pedagogical information coherently and maximises the relationship between form, meaning, and scenarios. The Kazakhstani experience shows that tourism professionals should be trained in intercultural communication, professional vocabulary and terminology, and grammatical transformations. The functional-semantic methodology is a foreign language teaching methodology for professionally orientated learning and offers insightful curriculum and resource recommendations, the paper concludes. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 20260101 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1517821 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the functional-semantic methodology of foreign language teaching for non-philologists. It surveys schools in Kazakhstan, the USA and some European countries and the grammatical and semantic features of English used for professional communication. In surveying programmes, methodologies, and resources, fundamental concepts for professional grammar and vocabulary were established. Evidence suggests that using speech patterns in professionally orientated communication enhances learning in foreign languages. Transformative practices facilitate the improvement of communicative competence by incorporating flexible grammar patterns and transforming language units into "real life" scenarios. A semantic study shows that professionally orientated thematic vocabulary fields help professionals remember and use language units. The functional-semantic methodology structures pedagogical information coherently and maximises the relationship between form, meaning, and scenarios. The Kazakhstani experience shows that tourism professionals should be trained in intercultural communication, professional vocabulary and terminology, and grammatical transformations. The functional-semantic methodology is a foreign language teaching methodology for professionally orientated learning and offers insightful curriculum and resource recommendations, the paper concludes. |
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| ISSN: | 2667-6753 |
