Structural-functional Model of Terminological Competence of the Professionals

Abstract

The article explains the importance of terminology in professional training activities and communication and the need for mastery of terminological competence as the most important indicator of professionalism and the factor of improvement of quality of professional communication. Here substantial contributions are made to a methodology for studying terminological competence, identified and described in its essential characteristics. The content of terminological competence and its functions is identified and its position clarified in the classification system of modern professional competencies. The link is disclosed between terminology and linguistic, informational and professional competence. The structural and functional model of terminological competence of the specialist as a theoretical basis for the study are developed and described, as well as indicators of the manifestation of its components; namely the objective and cognitive component, intellectual and reflective component, and communicative and lingual component. A structural and functional model of terminological competence of the specialist is important to develop a method of its study and the selection and methodological tools. Refs 16.