COMMUNICATIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES: FORMING SPEECH SKILLS IN CHINESE STUDENTS WHEN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

Within the framework of modern linguodidactics, the issue of developing speech skills in a foreign language classroom takes center stage, as interrogative constructions serve as the foundation for proactive communication. The article explores the specific challenges faced by Chinese students in constructing Russian interrogative sentences, which is a complex multi-layered task that encompasses phonetic, grammatical, and sociocultural aspects. The ability to ask questions about a text is an essential tool for developing oral speech. The skill not only helps to better understand what has been read, but also activates cognitive processes, fosters critical thinking, and stimulates verbal activity. It is known that the ability to construct interrogative sentences meets the communicative needs of learners who engage in oral communication with native speakers, and therefore can contribute to the development of real linguistic competence, which is noticeable due to the lack of test tasks aimed at assessing the level of proficiency in using conversational structures in the form of questions. This eliminates the need for teachers to develop such skills. Difficulties in understanding Russian colloquial constructions by Chinese students due to a lack of knowledge about the specific situations in which certain constructions are used lead to a refusal to use even frequent colloquial constructions when communicating with native Russian speakers. Difficulties also arise when incorrect correction of errors in the structure of a question sentence (a question pronoun or conjunction is placed in the middle of a sentence, rather than at the beginning of it) or the absence of a question mark in writing (in some cases, a statement instead of a question). Exercises on the production of response lines are not productive, since the tasks present a smaller number of options for response lines than for stimulus lines.