SONG LYRICS IN THE CLASSROOM ON RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article describes the experience of using song texts in work with foreign students of a medical university in the classroom on Russian as a foreign language. Since the study of the Russian language is becoming widespread among foreigners in the Middle and Far East due to geopolitical reasons, the teaching of the discipline requires new effective methods of work. The use of non-traditional forms of working with students is a common practice in teaching Russian as a foreign language, and working with authentic texts is the basis of verbal communication. The article describes the types of authentic texts, which also include song texts. In the authors’ opinion, listening to contemporary music in Russian meets the principle of an entertaining form of education, which is gaining more and more distribution. The article presents the criteria for the selection of musical materials. As a song text, the authors offer the lyrics of the contemporary Russian musician Zemfira. The lyrics of this performer are valuable material, which is the subject of study of many philologists – Russianists and literary critics. The article offers an overview and examples of grammatical, lexical, phonetic and speech tasks formed using the lyrics of Zemfira’s composition “Coat”. The purpose of such exercises is to comprehensively practice the speech skills of speaking, reading, writing and listening, forming communicative competence, to get acquainted with samples of speech behavior of native speakers, with the culture of the country through contact with art. Exercises can be used in work with foreign students of levels A1-A2.