THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL VOCABULARY INSTUDIES OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE BY FOREIGNERS

The article analyzes the specifics and lingvo-didactic potential of internationalisms in the practice of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language for beginners studying in the English language program. As a result of the research, the author concludes that the use of internationalisms at the beginning of studying UFL is an effective way in the formation of lexical, phonetic, grammatical language skills and, consequently, the communicative competence of foreign communicants in general. First of all, the researcher defines the meaning of the term «international vocabulary», describes the types of international units and notes that only absolute full and partial (with the same key meaning) internationalisms are suitable for the methodology of teaching the Ukrainian language at the initial stage. Other interlexemes that have a relatively identical phonetic-morphological (sound and / or graphic) structure, but different semantics, cannot be effectively used in teaching vocabulary in a foreign audience. In linguistics such words are called «false friends of a translator». A large number of international word sare indispensable in the first year of study of various lexical topics such as “University”, “City”, “Professions”, “Food”, “Sports” and so on. The author recommends to present this layer of vocabulary, organized into certain thematic and lexical-semantic groups with consistency, systematic approach, based on the communicative expediency of its use in a particular context. When teaching the Ukrainian alphabet, acquainting students with the graphic, phonetic and orthographic specifics of the Ukrainian language, developing skills of correct pronunciation and reading, the teacher can use international words as an illustrative material. This allows not only to compare interlexemes in the target (Ukrainian) language and the intermediary language (English), but also to establish associations between familiar and unfamiliar phonetic symbols and their combinations that form the words of the Ukrainian languageand to accelerate the use of these words in the lexicon of foreign students. The use of international vocabulary in the study of first grammatical topics allows the teacher to get foreign students acquainted with the grammatical material of the Ukrainian language without overloading the lesson with new vocabulary. However, it should be noted that in order to ensure the educational goals of UFL, internationalisms require close attention from the teacher to avoid interference. Key words: Ukrainian as a foreign language (UFL), internationalism, potential vocabulary, interference, initial stage.