This article is devoted to the problem of teaching terminological vocabulary of the English language for non-linguistic specialties. The main attention in the work is focused on the development of methodological foundations for the assimilation of terminological units of non-linguistic specialties. The possession of lexical skills necessary for professional communication in a foreign language is analyzed. The author emphasizes that the introduction of terminological vocabulary is an integral system of introductory exercises that systematize and consolidate new terminological information.