The role of Russian children's literature in teaching RFL (up to level A2+)

Astashchenko Elena Vasilievna, Syrova Maria Mikhailovna

This article explores and improves the effective use of materials from children's fiction texts in Russian language studies to the level of A2 + in order to develop reading skills, and form the linguistic and cultural competence of students. The selection criteria for works of fiction are highlighted on the basis of the state standard for Russian as a foreign language (basic level), according to which the reader is obliged not only to "cover" the content of the text as a whole, but also to be able to choose the correct reading strategy depending on the attitude. Thus, when studying reading, the student must be able to determine the topic of the text; to understand its main idea, as well as, which is important, and additional information contained in details, including pictorial and expressive means, characteristic of a given style of text and type of speech. With the type of control strategies, one can correlate such strategies as isolating the main idea and searching for the necessary information, and with the type of execution strategies - determining the meanings of words with the help of text, contextual guessing, fixing attention on details. Guided by such criteria for the selection of texts as the artistic method (preferably realism), grammatical norms and subject-thematic correspondence to the course program, it is possible to supplement the existing and well-proven teaching materials for several decades with texts of Russian literature for children and youth, facilitating the socialization of a foreigner, as well as improving his culture and forming his linguistic and cultural competence.

Keywords:RCT, basic level, reading, strategies, children's literature, young-adult-literature, style