THE CONTENT OF TEACHING RUSSIAN GRAMMER AS A FOREIN LANGUAGE: PRINCIPLES OF ITS SELECTION AND ORGANIZATION

Abstract

Grammar is the most important aspect of teaching Russian as a foreign language. The purpose of its teaching is not just to acquire knowledge of grammar, but also to develop students’ skills and abilities to use this knowledge to form grammatically correct speech in oral and written form. Based on the purpose of teaching Russian grammar as a foreign language, the authors reveal features of optimal content of teaching grammar, contributing to the necessary requirements for achieving the objective of its teaching and examine the role of the main methodological principles of selection and organization of content in its optimization in order to improve the effectiveness of grammar learning. The authors argue that a huge role in optimizing the content of grammar learning is played by the principles of consistency, minimization, situational-thematic organization of the material and functionality. The authors conclude that the optimization of grammar learning content based on the principles discussed in the article motivates students to seriously study grammar and increases the success of grammar learning in mastering language as a means of communication, as the ultimate goal of teaching Russian as a foreign language.