How to Study Terms of Finance and Banking

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to show how studying terms in collocations help to teach and to learn terms of Finance and Banking. The author aims to show how great the difference of collocational ability is between terms that are used in professional discourse and those used in nonprofessional one. In order to help students learn professional terminology it would be advisable to study terms in collocations. The collocations selected for study and analysis should include not only the neutral ones taken from textbooks and professional discourse, but also those used in nonprofessional discourse – in newspaper and magazine articles. The collocational abilities of terms that comprise the terminological systems of Finance and banking are numerous, and all of them should be considered in detail if academic success is a desired outcome.