DEVELOPING CULTURE OF SPEECH OF STUDENTS STUDYING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Svetlana A. Arefeva¹, Natalia A. Biryukova²*, Olesia V. Arefeva³   and
Ilghiz M. Sinagatullin^4
1Prof, Faculty of General and Vocational Education, Mari State University, RUSSIA, vikto-arefev@yandex.ru
²Assoc. Prof., Faculty of General and Vocational Education, Mari State University, RUSSIA, biryukova316@gmail.com
³Assoc. Prof., Faculty of General and Vocational Education, Mari State University, RUSSIA, arefeva.o.v@yandex.ru
⁴Prof., Faculty of Pedagogy, Birsk Branch of Bashkir State University, RUSSIA, siniledu@gmail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of speech culture development of students studying Russian as a foreign language. The article substantiates the relevance of the speech culture development for foreign students studying Russian. The authors consider the main directions of the teacher's work on the development of speech culture, reveals the concept of "culture of speech", its basic components.  The text approach which is effectively used in the Russian universities for teaching Russian as foreign language is analyzed. On the basis of long-term practice, the authors make conclusions about the importance of speech culture development and the result of it will be the formation of the student's linguistic personality.

Special attention is paid to the description of the basic directions of speech development (language, ethical, communicative, aesthetic); linguistic norms (phonetic, lexical, grammatical), usage of communicative method and implementing its principles in the teaching Russian language to foreign students. Text approach and working with text is considered as the main didactic unit of teaching Russian as a foreign language. In conclusion, the paper stresses the importance of the work on development of speech culture, which ensures the establishment of the regulatory component of the Russian language in speech of foreign students.

Keywords: culture of speech, language norms, Russian as a foreign language, communicative method of teaching, text approach