FORMATION OF NATIONAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF STUDENTS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ELECTIVE COURSE “LANGUAGE LOCAL STUDIES”

Abstract

Russian pedagogical experiment data are presented in the materials of the article, which is designed to confirm the possibility of forming the national consciousness of students through the study of dialects as a reflection of the Russian language picture of the world. The objectives of this study is experimental testing of pedagogical conditions designed to ensure the effectiveness of the formation of national identity of students by getting acquainted with theoretical information about Russian dialects as the basis of the Russian national language and lexical features of Russian dialects of the Republic of Tatarstan in the framework of the elective course “Language Local Studies”.The effectiveness of the inclusion of an elective course as a form of extracurricular activities to increase the level of formation of students’ national self-consciousness was revealed in the course of a control experiment using the method of questioning students in the educational process.