THE USE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING CHINESE AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS (BASED ON THE AUTHOR’S BOOK “TRANSLATION OF CHINESE MEDIA TEXTS”)

Abstract

The article studies effectiveness of using authentic materials in teaching Chinese with an emphasis on improving the communicative competence of students. The relevance of the work is determined by modern educational standards, which require the formation of a multicultural personality capable of applying knowledge about language and culture in various situations. Within the framework of the study, the author analyzes functions of authentic materials and the impact of their use on the formation of students’ communicative competence using the material from the author’s book “Translation of Chinese Media Texts”. The study includes a combined method using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, which gives a comprehensive understanding of the problem, based not only on the teacher’s subjective assessment, but also on feedback from participants of the experiment. The study expands the existing scientific literature on foreign language teaching methods and provides practical recommendations for integrating authentic materials into the educational process, which improves students’ communicative competence.