Literary Texts as a Means of Teaching Foreign Students Aesthetics of the Russian Language and Speech
The article analyzes the role of using artistic texts about the beauty of the Russian language and speech in classes with foreign students in order to form and develop their personality, interests, feelings and emotions. In the process of such work foreign students get acquainted with the culture of Russia, they form a Russian linguistic picture of the world, develop communicative abilities, and a desire to deeper and deeper study the Russian language, knowing its beauty and richness. The article describes the methodological principles of working with the texts about the beauty of the Russian language, gives examples of pre-text, near-text and post-text analysis of K.G. Paustovsky’s text about I.A. Bunin’s works. Such work is always relevant in Russian language classes, as it contributes to the development of language knowledge and abilities of students, forms their cultural competence, developing creative thinking and positive motivation for the study of the Russian language.