I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

proverb, V. I. Dal, values, Russian as a foreign language, linguistic and cultural competence

This article is devoted to the issue of using the proverb, clarifying its role in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The work employs an axiological approach to the study of the aphoristic genre. The proverb as a focus of value and aesthetic orientations contributes to the development of communication skills, forms an idea of Russian culture, its originality, folk traditions and customs, and the peculiarities of the Russian character. Poetically fixing the mental picture of folk culture, revealing the analogs in the languages of different peoples, the proverb invariably attracts the attention of philologists. The relevance of the research is determined by the value-oriented aspects of the study of folk aphorisms in the structure of RFL lessons, which correspond to the humanizing role of the modern educational process. The article deals with proverbs about language as one of the fundamental components of the value world and is especially interesting for all lovers of literature. Folk sayings expand the vocabulary of students, combine lexical units of various styles, reinforce the need for careful attitude to the word, strengthen the motivation of learning the language. The inclusion of proverbs in the lessons of the RFL is a basic element of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of students. Knowledge of proverbial expressions, the ability to use them appropriately in various contexts indicates a high degree of communicative activity of a foreign student, makes his speech more natural and imaginative.

Журина Марина Ивановна – кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры литературы и культурологии Чувашского государственного педагогического университета им. И. Я. Яковлева, г. Чебоксары, Россия; e-mail: ds52556@chebnet.com