PROFESSIONS AND JOBS: EFFECTIVE WAYS OF TEACHING PROFESSION-RELATED VOCABULARY AND SPEECH IN ENGLISH CLASSES

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Abstract. The lexical topic “Professions and Jobs” occupies a central place in school and vocational English curricula, because it directly connects language learning with the learner’s future life and career. This article analyses the linguistic and methodological content of the topic: the semantic groups of profession-related vocabulary, the difference between the words job, work, profession, occupation and career, typical word-formation patterns of profession names in English, and the speech functions connected with describing duties, workplaces and career plans. On the basis of scientific literature, the requirements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the author’s practical experience in a technical school of Uzbekistan, the article describes effective techniques for teaching the topic: visual and contextual presentation of vocabulary, communicative and game-based activities, role plays such as a job interview, project work on “My future profession”, and the use of digital tools. The article concludes that the topic “Professions and Jobs”, when taught communicatively and connected with students’ specialities, develops not only lexical competence but also career awareness and motivation for learning English.