This paper provides an overview of specific features of writing medical prescriptions using Latin language abbreviations by the example of English-speaking countries, countries of European Union and German-speaking countries.
The paper discusses the historical evolution of anatomical terminology, performs the comparative analysis of the Latin and English terminologies in Terminologia Anatomica and shows the translation regularities by the example of muscle names.
The paper discusses the basic trends of education policy of the European Community in the field of foreign language education.
The article shows an innovation approach to teaching foreign languages at the Department of Foreign Languages, which means wide application of modern technologies in the teaching process aimed at its optimization and formation of communicative competence in students. The modern technologies shown in the article include a communicative method, role-playing method, the method of project, programming method with using computer, a group method and problem solving method.
The paper discusses the relevance of the study of Latin to modern society needs. This paper discusses the relevance of the study of Latin to modern society needs. During its history Latin language flourished as the language of the universities, scholars, and writers. Modern Latin is the form of Latin used from the early twentieth century down to the present. One of its foundational moments was the first International Conference for living Latin held at Avignon (France) in 1956. Most users of Modern Latin promote its use as a spoken language, a movement that names itself «Living Latin». Today, although the language has a diminished role, Latin roots continue to serve as a major source for the derivation of new terms in the sciences.
In this article the basic conception of teaching foreign languagesfor special purposes is analyzed, the major optimization ways of this process in the institutions of higher education and the methods used to optimize the teaching process at the Department of Foreign Languages are described.
