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Problems of studying dependence of cognitive processes on language, the concept of language as a key to understanding thinking and knowledge, to solving problems of modern life are presented in the article. The explication of main approaches to the study language philosophy of the twentieth century, analysis of language problems, which received an insignificant degree of researchers’ reflexion, is discussed. The authors considered attempts to explain the complexity of modern life through the study of language, inv...

The article describes the study conducted with the intention to facilitate the development of learners’ speaking skills through test-taking strategies while teaching English to energy engineering students at Surgut State University (Russia). This study specifically determined the methods to improve students’ language competence in general and their speaking skills in particular. The research indicated that there is a significant difference in the level of English language competence and speaking skills of the stud...

The article analyzes the communicative universe of the speech norm in its sociocultural, linguistic and cognitive aspects. The authors emphasize that it is not enough for the interlocutors to know only the grammatical system of the target language in order to adequately understand each other. Reflecting on the problems of the communicative norm formation, the authors expand the methodological field of research and "bring" the learner into the so-called communicative space, which must be built taking into account a...