Abstract:
The given article is devoted to considering the problem of using idioms in foreign language class for students of translation
studies departments of Kazakhstani higher institutions. The authors analyse the current situation with teaching foreign
languages for students of translation studies speciality and describe their experiment demonstrating the increase in the level of
students’ motivation to learn a foreign language after introducing idioms in the class. In addition, they show the significance of
mastering idioms for future translators / interpreters