THE USE OF GAMES DURING CLASSES OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A GENERALIZATION OF MODERN PRACTICES

Abstract

The article is devoted to an urgent topic of using gaming technologies during lessons of Russian as a foreign language. On the material of the analysis of articles of the Scientific Electronic Library eLibrary.Ru, the types of games used by teachers at the present stage of teaching Russian as a foreign language are revealed. Teachers note the expediency of turning to gaming tasks in the classroom, which have a motivational potential and help create comfortable conditions for learning a new language in the classroom. Thanks to the gaming moments, competitiveness, the attention of students switches from completing the learning task to achieving the game result. It is noted that learning a new language should take place in conditions corresponding to real communication. Among the various types of games in the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language, teachers single out online games, grammar, phonetic, lexical, board and role-playing games, giving the greatest preference to the last two. The use of games is aimed at the formation of communicative, linguistic, sociocultural and professional competencies. Authentic sources (video clips, songs) are used as educational materials, showing models of communicative behavior that can be implemented in role-playing games. For the formation of socio-cultural competence, texts with a regional component are involved. The use of various types of games under the guidance of a teacher helps to diagnose gaps in knowledge by identifying errors and improve knowledge of Russian as a foreign language by correcting them. Teachers include board games in the educational process, but note that their implementation is associated with a number of difficulties, among which are the limited amount of game material, the difficulty of adapting to the required level of Russian as a foreign language. To facilitate language acquisition, online games are being developed that are popular with young people.