Computer Games to Fill the Gap in Learning Functional Lexis at Russian Colleges and Universities

This paper sets up the problematic issues of teaching professionally oriented English vocabulary to college and university students and suggests using a number of thematic computer games as a solution. The author claims that fascinating activities of playing language computer games expand the students' perspectives, fill the gap in vocabulary, motivate to learn English, develop students' abilities to internet search, quick reading in English, and digital competence in general.