Lexical skills formation of students studying at the program "Translator in the sphere of professional communication" when working with electronic online dictionaries in the process of translation practice

Foreign language competence formation includes several components. One of them is lexical skills formation. This article focuses on the use of online dictionaries in the process of translation practice conducted by second-year students mastering the program "Translator in the field of professional communication" at Samara State Technical University as an effective tool for the formation and development lexical competence. The purpose of this study is to determine the efficiency degree of using various electronic lexicographic systems in the lexical skills formation. In our work, we compared online dictionaries for their optimal use in the perspective of analyzing the results that were presented by the listeners, since the use of traditional media is questioned. The article also provides the criteria with the help of which a detailed analysis of online dictionaries was carried out. The data obtained can suggest the teachers all the possible lexical problems of study that will allow them to work out these points more carefully when teaching students. The English language teaching process becomes more adapted and customized, taking into account specific tasks that are important to solve when mastering any foreign language. Moreover, it is possible to create a dictionary created either by the students themselves or the teacher that introduces variants of lexical units that cause difficulties in learning.