ENGLISH IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: THE WAYS OF THE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE FORMATION AT ENGLISH LESSONS

Abstract

In recent decades, there has been increased interest in the study of phraseological units in different languages in various aspects. The object of this study is English idioms. The subject of this study is English idioms with animals. The article aims to specify a competence-oriented approach to professional training intended for the future specialists according to modern requirements and demands. The authors focus on idioms with animals as a means of linguistic and cultural competence formation. Special attention is given to the social and cultural competence. It is indicated that when learning English with a purpose of a professional communication of agrarian universities should be paid particular attention both to the terminology and phraseology. Competency is understood as some prescribed professional basis, which is considered to be obligatory for future specialists. The analysis considers the explicit and the implicit representations of the idioms, their symbolic meanings. The article focuses on the efficient means of idiom formation in the English language as well. The authors discuss the possibility of using idioms with the following phraseological models: adjective + noun, noun+noun, noun+verb, and forecasts further idiom-formations according to the phraseological model. The article is aimed at showing the interaction of linguistic and extra linguistic aspects within an idiom with animals, as a linguistic unit. Aspects of English phraseology are analyzed by emphasizing the important role of idioms in the cognitive processes. Working with idioms at English lessons proved to be effective for forming and developing linguistic competences as reading, writing, listening, speaking.