PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF PROVERBS AS TRADITIONAL RULES OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Abstract

Proverbs contain precious experience gathered and selected by many generations in short and vivid linguistic form, thus preserving cultural values and mentality of different nations. Health is the key value of any world culture. The purpose of the article is to analyze pedagogical potential of proverbs about health in teaching healthy lifestyle in foreign language classes. Research methods are analysis, system approach, generalization, inter-disciplinary approach. The authors divided proverbs about health into the following groups: 1. proverbs about environmental factors influence on human health; 2. physical activity, sport; 3. daily routine and hygiene; 4. healthy eating; 5. importance of work; 6. optimism, positive attitude to life. Discussing proverbs about health with students in English classes develops their lingua-cultural competence, and makes a valuable contribution into the health of future generations.

Keywords

• proverbs
• health
• healthy lifestyle
• foreign language teaching
• cultural values