ETYMOLOGICAL ASPECT OF LEARNING SOME MEDICAL TERMS AT UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE PRACTICAL CLASSES

(FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES)

Abstract

Abstract. The article presents a system of post-text exercises and tasks that reveal the lexical and semantic possibilities of some medical terms from the field of physical and occupational therapy, dentistry or pharmacy. They are aimed at understanding and creative assimilation of this phenomenon in the process of learning the Ukrainian language (with a professional purposes) and its use in communication.

It has been noted that the origin, structure, and functioning of modern medical terminology are characterized by a large volume and diversity. In order to learn professional terminology effectively, first of all, it is necessary to understand it well. For this purpose, along with other types of classroom work, etymological tasks have been introduced. It is emphasized that the paradigmatic connections of language units and systems are most fully realized in the text, therefore, in the practicals textual material is systematically used; it is selected from scientific, journalistic articles or online informational materials of specialized clinics and pharmacies, appropriately bibliographically formatted.

Different types of tasks are considered e.g. explain the meaning of the terms highlighted in the text; name the words from the text corresponding to the etymology; using data from the reference, find out the etymology of the terms; select, where possible, Ukrainian counterparts; match the definitions with the corresponding terms; construct terms; among the given words, choose etymologically related ones, explain the meaning, and their practical content, etc. All given practical tasks were tested among the students in the practical classes, heuristic and game elements were noted in the process of their implementation.

It has been found out that etymological information actualizes connections with Latin, English, German languages, special clinical disciplines.

It has also been established that taking into account information about the origin of medical terms contributes to their meaningful assimilation and use, encourages the search for primary sources, develops interdisciplinary connections, and therefore, in our opinion, it is important to form the foundations of etymological knowledge in Ukrainian language classes (with a professional purposes).