The article suggests a method of foreign language lexical competence development on the basis of a Learner's terminological thesaurus and dictionary of software terms which includes four main components: classification part demonstrating the inner logic of the subject area, glossary with definitions of key terms, thesaurus demonstrating logical…

Reviews the historical development of the "Ozegov" dictionary. This dictionary blazed a trail in describing the structure and lexicon of modern standard Russian and played a key role in completing the standardization of Russian. The 1992 edition has progressed in coping with changes in the lexicon of Russia brought about by political,…

The English language in Russia: a brief survey. It includes a historical perspective, the traditions of the past and the new challenges of the present-day situation. The history is simple: it is based on a deep love of foreign languages in general and English in particular. Love against all odds, for better, for worse, for richer and for poorer.…