DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/1813-4718.2005.04
UDC: 
378.016:811.111-2
Kubrakova Natalya Alekseyevna
Кандидат филологических наук, Cand. Sci. (Philol.), Assoc. Prof. of the Chair of English for the Humanities, Faculty of Foreign Language and Linguodidactics, Saratov State University, kubrakovanat@mail.ru, Saratov

Using Vocabulary Activies for Improving Academic Communication Skills in English

Abstract: 
The article looks at how vocabulary activities in English can contribute to developing communication skills that enable graduate and postgraduate students and young scholars to tackle various academic and professional communicative tasks. The article is aimed at finding the connection between major components of academic discourse, ways of their verbalizing and improvement of academic communication in English. Methodology and methods of the study. The study focused on a wide range of vocabulary activities offered by the textbooks that are specifically tailored to teach English for academic purposes. The author took into account the complex nature of academic discourse that is allegedly comprised of scientific, professional and pedagogical discourses. The analysis of the material relied on descriptive method, content analysis and contextual analysis. The results of the study include identification of the names of participants, situations and genres, inherent in the discourses of academic interaction, and ways of explication of the values and objectives of academic discourse. Vocabulary activities associated with these discourse elements enhance learning norms and convention of academic communication and developing communicative competence. In conclusion, the author highlights that vocabulary activities connected with explication of the discourses within academic discourse are interrelated and help to achieve common goals.
Keywords: 
academic discourse, scientific discourse, professional discourse, pedagogical discourse, vocabulary skills, English for academic purposes.
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