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NON-FINITE FORMS OF THE VERB AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DISCOURSE COMPETENCE // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2016. Issue 2 (167). P. 92-97

Grammar is a separate subject at linguistic departments and faculties in Russia, which is in line with the existing system of teaching aspects of language to students of Linguistics. However, lessons of practical grammar at linguistic departments can and must facilitate the development of discourse competence as an integral part of communicative competence. The use of non-finite forms of the English verb (verbals) which is usually found in the 2nd year syllabus is often discourse-bound. The basic pre-requisite for teaching non-finite forms of the verb is that students should be disposed to different discourse types, given models of texts with the grammatical structures in question and taught to create their own texts using discourse markers and features of text organisation. The article describes techniques of practicing non-finite forms of the verb (verbals) in English aimed at strengthening discourse skills in university students and exposing them to different discourse types.

Keywords: discourse, competence, discourse competence, the English language, grammar, teaching grammar, non-finite forms, verbals