The Problem of Foreign Language Vocabulary Attrition: Theoretical Aspects

The paper reveals the basic factors that lead to foreign vocabulary attrition. article considers phonological, morphological and semantic aspects of L2 lexical attrition, causes this phenomenon, summarizes views domestic researchers on issue. Scientific originality study lies in fact authors analyze attrition process taking into account specificity its linguistic manifestation, which contributes developing teaching methodology. research findings are as follows: identify most efficient strategies memorize language vocabulary.