ИСТИНА

The report deals with the implementation of the Lexical Approach for the acquisition of subject-specific vocabulary in teaching ESP with a special emphasis on teaching collocations and semi fixed expressions with chemical terms. First, the goals and objectives of ESP with an emphasis on subject-specific vocabulary acquisition are considered. Second, an overview of ELT approaches and their applicability for the needs of ESP are discussed. Third, the notion of a collocation with terms as a basic structure wherein various lexical semantic fields of general language overlap with the ones of scientific terminology – in the context of implementing the Lexical Approach to teaching ESP – is pointed out. Finally, some practical aspects of using the principles of the Lexical Approach to the acquisition of the subject-specific vocabulary of chemical terms are outlined.