Keyword: «folk tale»

Folk tales at the lessons of Russian as a foreign language (on the material of the Russian folk tale ‘The magic swan geese’)

Authors:

Irina Ivanova,

Svetlana Ilina

The article touches upon some aspects of working with the texts of folk tales at the lessons of Russian as a foreign language. For foreign students such texts may be considered as one of the instruments of sociocultural adaptation as well as the material for getting lexical and grammar skills. The example of working with the text of the Russian foik tale ‘The Magic Swan Geese’ is analysed by the author. It may be used at the beginning of teaching Russian as a foreign language.

Keywords: russian as a foreign language, sociocultural adaptation, linguistic and cultural studies, speech competence, lexical and grammar skills, folk tale