THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING UKRAINIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT TNTU

Abstract

The methodology of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language is considered in the article; the issues of the language adaptation of foreign students are emphasized. The ability to communicate not only in the educational setting but also in the extracurricular time is stated as the objective of studying the educational course “Ukrainian as a foreign language”. Traditional and innovative approaches that simulate real life situations, offer problems for shared resolutions, enhance students' creative ability, mobilize their attention, and teach them how to develop speech constructs quickly are analyzed. The focus is on a person-centered approach to the classroom, in particular, the game approach as a casual way of submitting starting material. Communicative activity, its main components, and intercultural competence issues were significantly analyzed. The authors share experience in developing tutorials and test assignments; an easy-to-use and informative distance course in the Atutor system; additional training materials in the form of tables, diagrams, exercises, crossword puzzles posted on the social network Facebook. This course allows monitoring the level of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of students-foreigners in educational-training and game forms. The role of identification as a basic principle of eidetics is analyzed, namely: multimedia presentations that allow both visual and auditory perception of information; qualitatively designed slides; study cards; photos, etc. Examples of the application of different methods of eidetics are given: a chain method, a method of combining a verbal apparatus with the imagination, a method of reconciling fantasy and imagination with the ability to express clearly own thoughts, the method of phonetic associations, work on eidos-abstract, etc. The authors emphasize the benefits of training in an atmosphere of psychological safety and comfort.