CHILDREN’S RHYMES IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (LINGUISTIC AND DIDACTIC ASPECTS)

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the present study is to pinpoint and describe the ways children’s rhymes can be used in Russian as a Foreign Language classes at A1 and A2 levels of reference for languages. Methodology. The research is based on the linguistic and methodological analysis of children’s rhymes by Russian and Soviet writers. The results of the study are summarized as follows. Results. First, we prove that it is necessary that literature be used in foreign language classes. Second, we define a rhyme as a communicative unit that meets such standards of text as its dialogic nature, and ability to transmit information, including information about culture of a target-language country. Third, we underline the didactic characteristics of children’s rhymes that make them irreplaceable in teaching Russian as a Foreign Language at A1 and A2 levels. Practical application. The theoretical issues as well as the conclusions drawn from the research can be used in Russian as a Foreign Language classes, as well as in Russian teacher training courses.

Keywords

• русский язык как иностранный
• детские стихи
• текст
• лингводидактический потенциал
• коммуникативная единица