CONCEPT OF DISCOURSE AND ITS ROLE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Sevara Jalalova

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Ключевые слова

Discourse, foreign language learning, communicative skills, sociocultural aspects, pragmatics, critical thinking, communicative competence, contextual understanding of language, real communicative situations, discourse analysis.

Аннотация

The article explores the concept of discourse and its significance in foreign language learning. Discourse is defined as a coherent sequence of statements within a specific context, encompassing both linguistic and sociocultural aspects. The article emphasizes that studying discourse enhances a deeper understanding of the language, the development of communicative skills, the integration of cultural knowledge, and critical thinking. The authors argue that working with discourse makes the language learning process more practical and closely aligned with real-life situations, thereby contributing to the formation of comprehensive communicative competence.

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