Lexical atlas of the region as a resource for the dialectological practice of students
This article presents the experience of implementation of dialectological practice of philology students at Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education within the educational and research environment in terms of learning and teaching online. That kind of practice online makes it important to modify the process of training would-be teachers majoring in the Russian language. E-maps of linguistic atlas are considered to serve as a helpful aid. Studying the dialectisms collected will enable students to get the idea of Russian folk dialects from the cognitive perspective and appreciate the work of a dialect collector. The goals of dialectological practice are to deepen and reinforce the knowledge gained in the theoretical course “Russian Dialectology and Linguistic Geography of the Middle Volga region”, acquire skills of collecting, systemizing, archiving dialectisms. During this practice students learn working with large arrays of language units observing directly and using the laboratory equipment; they master the method of analyzing the collected language material with the help of information technology; they are involved in independent research activities. In addition to educational tasks, the lexical atlas of Samara dialects contributes to the expansion of scientific, cultural-historical, linguistic outlook by fixing differences between local and national language norms, students’ research potential abilities development.