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Proposing A Conceptualization Of Terminological Training In Veterinary Education

Table 1: The description of structural components of outcomes and their indicators at the three stages of terminological training

Structural components Indicators Terminological literacy Terminologicalcompetence Terminological culture
Cognitive component Recognising and understanding of terms and term elements Recognising and understanding of terms and term elements according to contents standards. Recognising and understanding of terms and term elements in full in academic and professional settings. Full awareness of the conceptual and terminological apparatus in professional and scientific settings.
Knowledge of term formation Having knowledge of most common rules of term formation; having difficulty in building a term from term elements. Having knowledge of basic rules of term formation; having an ability to build a term from term elements. Having a full knowledge of rules of term formation; having an ability in building a term from term elements to describe profession-related objects and phenomena.
Ability to systematize and classify terms Having difficulty in systematizing and classifying terms due to the lack of full professional knowledge in first years of studying. Having a well-developed ability to systematize and classify professional terms. Having a well-developed ability to systematize and classify professional and scientific terms.
Practical component Ability to adequately use professional terminology in the process of verbal communication on professional topics; ability to use terms and term elements in the studies. Having an ability to use limited professional terminology in academic communication; having difficulty in using terms and term elements in first years of studying profession-related disciplines. Having an ability to use professional terminology in academic and professional communication; having an ability to use terms and term elements in the studies. Having a well-developed ability to use professional terminology in professional and scientific communication; having a well-developed ability to use terms and term elements for professional development.
Recognising and understanding of terms in academic and professional communication or reading professional or scientific texts. Having difficulty in recognising and understanding of terms in academic and professional communication or reading professional texts with general understanding of information without any details. Full recognising and understanding of terms in academic and professional communication or reading professional texts with full understanding of information. Full recognising and understanding of terms in professional and scientific communication or reading professional or scientific texts with full understanding of information.
Ability to systematize professionally relevant information by classifying terms. Having difficulty in systematizing professionally relevant information by classifying terms. Having an ability to systematize professionally relevant information by classifying terms. Having a well-developed ability to systematize professional and scientific information by classifying terms.
Reflective component Understanding of the correctness or difficulties in using special terminology in the process of academic, professional or scientific communication. Understanding of the correctness or difficulties in using special terminology is limited by academic settings. Understanding of the correctness or difficulties in using special terminology in academic and professional settings. Full understanding of the correctness or difficulties in using special terminology in professional and scientific settings.
Motivation to use specialized literature or Internet resources when working with new terms. Having motivation to use specialized literature or Internet resources when working with new terms for academic purposes. Having high motivation to use specialized literature or Internet resources when working with new terms for academic and professional purposes. Having high motivation to use specialized literature or Internet resources when working with new terms for professional development.
Motivation to further professional self-development through improving the professional language. Having motivation to academic-development through learning the professional language. Having high motivation to professional development through mastering the professional language. Having high motivation to professional and scientific development through improving the professional language.
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