ТEACHING THE RHYTHMIC STRUCTURE OF WORDS IN RUSSIAN TO CHINESE STUDENTS IN THE LINGUODIDACTIC ASPECT

Abstract

In the article, the researchers consider representation of teaching rhythmic structure of a Russian word in the existing educational literature: the use of phonetic models, teaching the reduction of unstressed vowels, teaching the phonetic nature and mobility of Russian verbal stress. The material is based on two widely used Russian language textbooks for A1 level students: 1) “The Road to Russia: Russian language textbook (elementary level)”; 2) “Progress: textbook of the Russian language (elementary level)”. The researchers analyze organization of teaching the rhythmic structure of the Russian word in these two textbooks: structures of phonetic part of each lesson and principles of the textbooks. The work notes the main advantages and disadvantages of the material. The paper compiles phonetic exercises to teach foreign students the rhythmic structure of the Russian word. To test them, the work presents an experimental lesson to 12 Chinese students. After the lesson, the researchers analyze the learning process. The presented material allows to conclude that due to the fact that Chinese students need knowledge about the rhythmic structure of the Russian word, this article is of great importance in the practice of teaching Chinese students Russian pronunciation. In the future, the study can be continued.