TEXT-CENTRISM AS A METHOD OF FOREIGN STUDENTS TEACHING (Review of the monograph by G. Shvets. Theory and practice of teaching the Ukrainian language to foreign students of humanities. – Kyiv : Phoenix, 2019. – 529 p.)

Abstract

The review describes the monograph of “Theory and practice of teaching of the Ukrainian language to foreign students of humanities” by Kyiv researcher Hanna Shvets. Text-centrism is defined as the leading author’s method of foreign students teaching. The subjective and objective factors of efficiency of the student and the teacher cooperation, psychological-pedagogical and linguistic bases of the formation of the secondary language personality and others are analyzed. The basic directions of system of the Ukrainian as a foreign language teaching declared by the monograph are reviewed: 1) Ukrainian as a language of specialty. 2) Ukrainian as a second foreign language within the framework of traditional Slavic studies. 3) Ukrainian language as a component of the system of training specialists in Ukrainian studies. 4) Ukrainian language in the system of training international specialists. 5) Ukrainian as the third foreign language. 6) Ukrainian as a subject of independent choice of the student. The sociology of the speech environment at the capital, the statistics of the growth of the foreign contingent in recent years at the universities have been very accurately and topically revealed, as Ukraine has become attractive at the market of educational services. The ambiguous language situation in Ukraine determines specific accents: 1) conflict of coexistence within a single territorial community of several language personalities; 2) the negative impact of bilingualism; 3) the need to form a nationally conscious linguistic personality. The author of reviewed work outlines the range of methods of effective work with the text, including group work, project technology, game technologies (language and speech), discussions, film classes, excursions (real and virtual), creative writing. It is concluded that the reviewed work is a valuable theoretical and practical material of the methodology of teaching of the Ukrainian as a foreign language. Key words: text-centrism, Ukrainian as a foreign language, bilingual personality, secondary language personality, language politics.