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Selection of vocabulary minimum
The term «selection» is widely spread in methodology of FLT. Vocabulary selection concerns solution of two problems: 1) defining units/items and principles (criteria) of selection.
Word-meaning is a practically rational for unit/item of lexical minimum selection. A word, word-combination, or phrase can be considered as a unit of selection.
In accordance with indications’ characteristics all the principles are distinguished into interrelated groups:
1group - statistical principles:

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  frequency (the total number of the word occurrence in the source or sources);
  

-range (words that occur across a wide variety of texts).

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   group - methodical principles:
   

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  thematic (related to the topics given in the curriculum);
  
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  semantic (words which reflect the main concepts of the topic, or situation);
  
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  leamability (spelling, phonological difficulties, syntactic properties, polysemy, false friends, cultural aspects).
  

3group - linguistic principles:

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  combinability,
  
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  word-building value,
  
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  polysemantic words,
  
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  stylistic unboundedness.
  

The active (productive) minimum of foreign language in schools includes approximately 1000-1200 words.
The basic principles of selection of the active (productive) minimum vocabulary are:

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  semantic approach;
  
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  combinative approach;
  
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  stylistic approach;
  
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  frequency approach;
  
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  word-building value;
  
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  value of polysemantic words;
  
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  excluding synonyms;
  
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  excluding international words.
  

The active (productive) minimum of vocabulary is selected from topics and communicative situations, dialogues and written speech, video- and audio-texts.


The criteria of selection of the passive (receptive) minimum vocabulary are:

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  derivability;
  
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  polysemantic character;
  
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  frequency and wide usage;
  
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  topical associations;
  
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  semantic and word-building value.