THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE RELEVANCE OF THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH IN TEACHING GRAMMAR OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

In the methodology of teaching the Russian as a foreign language, the communicative approach is recognized as the most effective in teaching grammar as the most important aspect of RLI teaching. This forces both teachers to take this approach when teaching grammar and students to follow the strategy of this approach when learning it. This provision, first of all, requires acquaintance of teachers and students with the theoretical foundations and reasons for the necessity and effectiveness of this approach to realize the relevance and perception of the effectiveness of this approach. The article attempts to reveal the main reasons for the relevance of the communicative approach in the process of teaching the grammar. Drawing on methodological and psychological data regarding the teaching of grammar, the authors note the final and concluding role of this approach in the development of grammatical skills and the formation of grammatical competence. Teaching grammar using the communicative approach allows students to understand the real function of grammatical rules in speech and motivates them to consciously use their grammatical knowledge to communicate in Russian.