Complex spelling and speech work with a debatable continuation of the original text (by the example of the Chinese fairy tale “The Pledge”)

. The article considers the methodology of demonstrating complex spelling and speech work in the subject “Russian language”, in particular dictations and written reproductions with a debatable continuation of the original text. Originality, volume and subject matters of debatable statements on the source texts are foregrounded. The study takes a Russian-language translation of the Chinese folk tale “The Pledge” as a textual didactic material. The modern rendition of this old folk tale involves a debatable interpretation of its content and main idea. Going