THE STUDING OF LEO TOLSTOY.S CREATIVITY: TALK ABOUT THE RUSSIAN BALL

Abstract

This article analyses the function of integrated lessons, and emphasizes their necessity for a group of foreign students. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of an integrated lesson for foreign students based on the lesson developed by the author. Literature lesson dedicated to the ballroom theme in the works of Leo Tolstoy is being integrated with other disciplines of the humanities, and various types of art. The emphasis is made on literary, historical, and linguistic coverage of this European phenomenon, transferred to the public life of Russia. Questions and assignments are focused on the development of speech, strengthening the skill of independent work, expanding the lexical and cultural vocabulary of students. The concept of integrative learning is being defined in relation to a foreign group of students; the specificity of interdisciplinary connections for given conditions is determined, the results of the experiment are analyzed.