Филологический класс (Jun 2022)
National-Psychological Portrait of a Chinese Student Studying Russian Language
Abstract
This article considers the national-psychological characteristics of Chinese students from the standpoint of the ethno-methods of teaching Russian as a Foreign Language. The aim of the study, based on the findings of reputable researchers and the author’s own teaching experience in the universities of China, is to draw a portrait of the modern Chinese student and to provide methodological recommendations to optimize the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language and to increase the effectiveness of teaching Russian. The urgency of the study can be attributed to the expansion of academic exchanges between Russia and China, the growing demand for Russian-Chinese translators in the current political and economic situation, as well as the reform in the Chinese secondary education system, as a result of which the proportion of schoolchildren studying Russian in China is increasing. The novelty of the work is determined by the socio-psychological change taking place in the modern Chinese society. The article considers the following aspects: today’s Chinese student and traditional Confucian principles (diligence, attitude to the teacher as a role model, rationalism, conservatism, “face saving”, etc.); student’s learning habits (orientation to writing, tendency to mechanical memorization, wary attitude to the pedagogy of cooperation, preference for passive forms of work, etc.), and the key features of the national character that affect the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language (conservatism, shyness, prac- ticality, fear of getting negative results, ethnocentrism, unwillingness to show their individuality, excitement, etc.). The data obtained are presented in the form of a table. Then, on the basis of her own experience, the author describes the characteristic features of the modern student of a typical Chinese university and comes to the conclusion about the transformation of some characteristics under the influence of modern Chinese society. The article is practice-oriented and may be useful for pedagogues teaching Russian as a foreign language to Chinese students. The results of the study can also be used in teaching Russian students the methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language.
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