CONTEXTUALIZED TRANSLATION AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE IN GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article provides a comprehensive theoretical and methodical substantiation of the potential of contextualized translation as a strategic tool for developing the grammatical competence of higher education students in non-linguistic specialties studying German as a foreign language (DaF). The relevance of the study is determined by the need to bridge the gap between students’ theoretical awareness and their ability to practically apply complex grammatical models in the context of intensive digitalization of the educational space and increasing requirements for professional communication. The central part of the research is dedicated to the development and detailed description of a four-stage teaching algorithm based on the principles of cognitive linguistics. The first stage involves discourse decoding, where the attention of higher education students is focused on the architectonics of a scientific text and the identification of the functional load of passive and impersonal constructions that ensure the objectivity of the presentation. The second stage is aimed at grammatical-semantic analysis and deconstruction of complex syntactic units, expanded attributes and nominalized structures, which traditionally pose the greatest difficulty for learning. The third stage (contrastive comparison) serves as a key tool for overcoming interlinguistic interference through a conscious comparison of the conceptual matrices of the German and Ukrainian languages. The final stage is realized through contextual transformation, which involves the creation of a secondary text adapted to the requirements of the target professional context. Attention is paid to the synergy of contextualized translation with modern teaching technologies, such as the “flipped classroom” and blended learning. The article systematizes the students’ cognitive operations and presents a matrix of expected outcomes at the receptive, analytical, comparative, and productive levels. Prospects for further research are associated with the development of industry-specific methodical complexes and the integration of artificial intelligence tools for the verification of grammatical decisions within the specialized German-language discourse.