THE OBSTRUCTIONS STUDENTS ENCOUNTER LEARNING A NEW LEXICAL UNIT

lexical ability, lexical competence, awareness, cognitive, cognate, difficulty, homophones, homographs, false friends.

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In this article, the examples of difficulties in acquiring a new lexical unit were presented on the example of students at higher educational institutions on B2 level. It emphasizes the role of chunks, set phrases, collocations and suffixation in enriching and enhancing students’ lexical competence.