The article is devoted to one of the actual problems of vocabulary teaching – to the problem of lexeme semantization. It is proposed to supplement the common classification of lexeme semantization methods in consideration of the modern researches in sphere of the cognitive and psycholinguistics. At the moment there are no more than 10 common semantization methods. Their modifications may be increased up to 45 variants. It can help to form an individual knowledge of a foreign student that will correlate with knowledge of a native speaker.
