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The research demonstrates the study of the functioning of „power" concept in the media discourse space of Russian and English-speaking media. It also aims at understanding the role of discursive power in the life of the younger generation whose consciousness is much more exposed to the influence of the present-day media and consequently to the language of power in the digital media context. To better perceive the "power" concept and its effect on the young people’s consciousness, free associative and graphic exper...

In the given article, the lexical units associated with the umbrella concept “clothes” in medieval Germany and its further development in idioms are considered as the material under study. The purpose of the work is to trace the influence of the concept “clothes” on the changes in the lexical composition of the language. According to the authors, this topic is studied insufficiently and may be of interest for further research, with a view to a more detailed understanding of the constituent components of idioms. Th...

The paper is based on a case study of flipped classroom approach to teaching English for specific purposes. The major goals of the pedagogic experiment were to create and implement an online classroom to increase the number of academic hours dedicated to learning English for professional communication at university level. The idea behind the experiment was to foster active learning as well as create accessible learning environment that would challenge students outside the classroom and save on-site time for produc...