DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH ACTIVITY IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH THE HELP OF FOLKLORE TEXTS

Abstract

The article deals with the way of using Russian folklore texts in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The choice of the research material is conditioned by the necessity of taking into account cultural peculiarities, mentality and linguistic personality as a factor of students’ motivation to develop their speech activity. The article presents forms and methods of working with the version of the Russian fairy tale “Tsarevna-Frog” that was first recorded in the Trans-Ural region and later entered the treasury of Russian fairy tales. The described forms and methods of working with a literary text enable realization of the activity approach, the essence of which lies in the practice of communication, hearing, listening, discussing, understanding. The key to the development of speech activity in the study of Russian as a foreign language are creative educational technologies, problem-based learning and critical thinking technologies. A significant component is taking into account the cultural specifics of the students’ country. The possibility of using the above-mentioned technologies in a great number of variants testifies to the potential of the raised topic.