DEVELOPING MEDICAL STUDENTS' PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH THROUGH THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TERMINOLOGICAL DICTIONARIES
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https://doi.org/10.47390/ydif-y2026v2i13/n29Keywords:
electronic terminological dictionary, professional communicative competence, English for Specific Purposes, medical terminology, register, collocation, mediation, strategic dictionary competence.Abstract
This paper analyses the didactic potential of electronic terminological dictionaries for developing medical students’ professional communicative competence in English. The author argues that the principal value of the electronic dictionary lies not in the rapid retrieval of equivalents, but in developing three sub-competences that are difficult to build with conventional means: switching between the technical and lay medical registers, collocational and phraseological fluency, and generative terminological competence based on Greco-Latin roots. To realise this potential, the dictionary must be repositioned from a mere reference tool to a mediation tool embedded in communicative tasks. The study proposes a classification of electronic terminological dictionaries according to their didactic affordances and substantiates the need to foster strategic dictionary competence in learners. The conclusions provide a practical methodological basis for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction in medicine.
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