Oksana A. Bragina

this paper focuses on the potential of a differentiated approach to teaching foreign languages to mixed-level groups of students in a military university setting. Three methods for developing varied tasks for different language aspects are proposed. Internal and external forms of differentiation are also described.

the paper presents the results of an etymological study of the names of Russian military equipment and weapons, based on botanical and floral metaphors. The examples of the use of floral vocabulary in relation to the types of the Russian Federation weaponry and their use in the media are analyzed. The linguistic mechanisms underlying the functioning of this metaphor are analyzed and described.