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  • Psycholinguistic aspects of the study of the content of values

    Book Chapter
    Psycholinguistic aspects of the study of the content of values
    Author:
    Van'zhou Chen'
    Work direction:
    Все направления
    Abstract:
    Universal human values play the role of supra-individual regulators in society, reflected both in the scientific public consciousness and in the ideas of ordinary people. According to V.K. Shokhin, values represent the fundamental components of personality. They are not only a powerful personal resource, but also a link between the individual and society, performing a socializing function and influencing the consciousness of generations. This monograph is based on the assumption that the reality perceived by a person in the process of activity is reflected in his consciousness through temporal, spatial and causal connections between phenomena and objects. The model of linguistic consciousness is a set of associations that help cultural speakers form an idea of a fragment of the world.
    Keywords:
    values, language picture of the world, psycholinguistics

  • Modern approaches to learning a foreign language

    Proceeding
    Relevant problems of modern science and education
    Authors:
    Kirill A. Belitskii, Anna A. Zakharova
    Work direction:
    Современные подходы в образовании
    Abstract:
    This article examines modern approaches to learning a foreign language. From the communicative method to the use of modern technologies, the authors describe in detail the main teaching methods that help students learn a new language more effectively. The article discusses the advantages of each approach, and also emphasizes the importance of choosing the appropriate methodology depending on the individual needs and preferences of students.
    Keywords:
    practice, online platforms, Learning a foreign language, modern approaches, communicative method, technological approach, individualization of learning, native speaker, holistic approach, structural and functional approach, cognitive approach
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  • “Thinking and Dancing”: Linguistic Plastic Code at the Heart of the Formation of the Theory of the Subject of Choreography

    Book Chapter
    Pedagogy and Psychology of Modern Education
    Author:
    Nadezhda A. Dogorova
    Work direction:
    Глава 11
    Abstract:
    The historical and practical experience of choreography has a phasing and hierarchy of the levels of mental activity, which can be traced in the history of dance culture through plastic codes. The phenomenon of choreographic art in the classical ages lies in the fact that within the late XVI–XIX centuries in Europe (Italy, France, Denmark) complex cultural processes and intersections of a biosemiotic nature took place simultaneously: on the one hand, this is the formation of a ‘new’ human worldview, and on the other, the formation of a ‘new’ model of scientific and an artistic picture of the world. Where the boundaries of the art of dance (the emergence of new genres, language and style) and cultural and historical time in different countries do not always coincide. In all this, the dominant side should also exist: finding of means (a rule, a method, a norm) and forms (creative thought, will, creative impulses, creative spirit) in the transformation of the foundations of the world order.
    Keywords:
    language, method, ability, subject, choreography, Pedagogy, movement, theory, body language, sign, sign system, physicality, plasticity, dance, ‘dance as a system’, plastic thinking, linguistic plastic code, ‘thinking and dancing’, spatial understanding, classical ages, creative paradigm, scientific-practical paradigm, physical reality of art
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  • Voice assistants and spoken English language teaching

    Proceeding
    The Development of Modern Education in the Context of Pedagogical Competenciology
    Author:
    Volha A. Hurskaya
    Work direction:
    Современные подходы в обучении и воспитании
    Abstract:
    Through theoretical analysis, the study aims to determine the main advantages of voice assistants in teaching spoken English. The methodology analyzes well-known voice assistants: Alexa from Amazon, Google Assistant, Siri from Apple, Alice from Yandex, and Alesya from the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences. As a result of the study, data was obtained that the help of the above services facilitated learning spoken language. The study's author concluded that the main advantages of voice assistants are mobility, multilingualism, and fast feedback. With the help of voice assistants, a student can increase his vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and master English grammar.
    Keywords:
    education, online learning, teaching, English language, Miro, online format, Universarium

  • Addressing the Topic of the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945 in Foreign Language Classes in University Settings as a Tool for Fostering Patriotism in Younger Generation

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Nina V. Bagretsova
    Work direction:
    Новые подходы в изучении истории Великой Отечественной войны
    Abstract:
    Emphasizing the importance of passing on the memory of the Great Patriotic War to the younger generation in order to instill in them devotion to their native country, the article proposes to address this topic in foreign language classes in university settings as one of the ways to achieve this aim. Various aspects of topic-based instruction ensuring the development of the necessary communicative competencies of students are considered. The article focuses on authentic tasks and online tools for autonomous work on them: dictionaries, machine translation tools and speech synthesizers.
    Keywords:
    foreign language, Great Patriotic War, World War II, topic-based instruction, authentic tasks, online language learning tools
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  • Mobile games about the Great Patriotic War in native (Tatar) language lessons

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Raziia F. Akhtarieva, Rezeda R. Nurieva
    Work direction:
    Новые подходы в изучении истории Великой Отечественной войны
    Abstract:
    The article deals with the possibilities of using mobile games at the lessons of native (Tatar) language and their adaptation to the study of the history of our region, especially to the study of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War of the city of Yelabuga.
    Keywords:
    history, Great Patriotic War, culture, native language, mobile games, Tatar language, heroes of the Great Patriotic War, games
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  • The transformation of language policy in the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Rustam F. Khannanov
    Work direction:
    Система образования и культура в годы Великой Отечественной войны
    Abstract:
    The article considers the problem of ignorance of the Russian language by Red Army soldiers and junior commanders of the Red Army and the way out of this situation in 1941–1943 by political bodies. The language barrier during the Great Patriotic War affected not only the combat capability of units made up of representatives of different peoples of the USSR, but also led to conflicts. One of the methods of working with fighters of non-Russian nationalities was propaganda work in the native languages of these fighters.
    Keywords:
    Russian language, Red Army, non-Russian peoples, Main Political Directorate, native languages, peoples of the USSR, national question
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  • Syntactic analysis in Russian: methods and applications

    Proceeding
    Education, innovation, research as a resource for community development
    Author:
    Daria I. Kaverina
    Work direction:
    Филология в системе образования
    Abstract:
    This article provides an overview of the methods of syntactic analysis in the Russian language and their application. The main approaches to syntactic analysis, including morphological analysis, grammatical analysis, as well as their relationship with other linguistic aspects, are considered. Special attention is paid to the application of syntactic analysis in various fields such as computational linguistics, machine translation, natural language processing and linguistic research.
    Keywords:
    application, Russian language, methods, syntactic analysis, morphological analysis, grammatical analysis, computational linguistics, machine translation
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  • Optimization of teaching the logic of natural language as a method of cognition

    Book Chapter
    Modern issues of pedagogy and psychology: theoretical and methodological approaches and practical research results
    Author:
    Nikolai N. Zhaldak
    Work direction:
    Глава 6
    Abstract:
    The efficiency of human processing of information from digital devices and other sources must be improved. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to give a scientific understanding of the representational logic of natural language as a method of cognition, and teaching it must be made purposeful and optimized. This logic includes its logical means and rules for operating with them and with figurative models of what they denote. Diagrammatic models make the conclusion purely formal. The author substantiates the possibility of this optimization by making a review of the main results of his own long-term scientific and pedagogical experiment. The author's scientific presentation of this logic covers any existential quantifiers that are featured in the diagrammatic dictionaries of the forms of attributive judgments about objects, places, times, cases, points of view; conjunctions with a relevant definition of conjunctions of logical consequence in a diagrammatic dictionary of judgments about cases; system of logical forms of questions. As for reasoning about properties, the most effective method of line-tabular diagrams is suggested. For a gradual teaching of this method and logical thinking from preschool age, a system of visual means, methods, forms of tasks and a technology for the professional training of educators and teachers is offered. Using this technology, according to the suggested forms, they compose and use meaningful tasks, and a special form serves to teach each rule. For children, a method is proposed for demonstrating the meanings of logical forms of judgments with the quantifiers "is", "no", "all", "not all", "only", "not only", "only all", "not only all", "all , except", "there is only", etc. with their fingers. For the blind, devices for teaching solving logical problems by constructing tactile line-tabular diagrams are patented.
    Keywords:
    optimization, teaching, cognition, natural language, logic, diagrams, questions
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  • Metacognitive Strategies in Text-Based Activities (for legal texts)

    Research Article
    Development of education Volume 7 No 1
    Authors:
    Veronika V. Makhova, Oksana N. Zanina
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    Globalization on the one hand and border closure on the other hand spur communication process participants in all areas of human activities and especially young researchers into foreign language learning which is currently focused on foreign professionally-oriented texts. Traditional methods of teaching a foreign language based on grammatical approach are not effective in solving the problem of language competence development when working with professionally-oriented texts. The objective of this work is to assess the effectiveness of the method of legal texts concept analysis using a technique of metacognitive strategies in reading activity. Several groups of law students, Southwest State University (Kursk, Russia) took part in the experiment based on the above-mentioned method. Students performed both conventional (skimming, key words finding) and specially developed tasks (constructing a text compositional structure model, plotting a text graphical representation, etc.). Original criteria were used to evaluate the performance. The experiment showed a persistent significant difference in learning indicators and students’ behaviour in the control and experimental groups. The technique contributed to the development and enhancement of students’ skills improving their foreign language competence. The obtained skills facilitated communication and contributed to students’ satisfaction with the learning process, increased their creative and professional potential, students’ sustainable intrinsic motivation.
    Keywords:
    foreign language competence, professional communication, legal texts, metacognitive strategies, text concept analysis
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  • Formation of Critical Thinking among University Students (using the Example of Teaching a Foreign Language)

    Research Article
    Development of education Volume 7 No 1
    Authors:
    Nailya F. Plotnikova, Timur R. Usmanov, Landysh A. Gizyatova
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    The relevance of this study lies in the fact that modern society is putting forward more and more requirements for graduates of higher educational institutions, to have a certain set of professional competencies, critical thinking and teamwork. The purpose of this study is to consider the concept of critical thinking, to identify the stages and levels of formation of critical thinking among students of higher educational institutions. To achieve these goals, the following research methods were used: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature of Russian and foreign scientists on the topic under study. The purposeful introduction of critical thinking elements into the process of teaching students a foreign language contributes to the formation of their critical thinking skills. The authors of the study cite individual fragments of the developed foreign language training sessions aimed at developing critical thinking skills. The conclusions of the study emphasize the main role of teachers, who help students interpret, analyze, evaluate and implement the acquired knowledge in practice. Teaching students a foreign language in line with critical thinking requires university teachers to master language competencies, purposeful, systematic preparation for conducting training sessions aimed at completing tasks related to the formation of students’ critical thinking skills.
    Keywords:
    formation, foreign language, training, students, skills, critical thinking
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  • Cross-cultural Competence as an Element of Professional Training of Foreign Language Specialists

    Research Article
    Development of education Volume 7 No 1
    Authors:
    Sergei N. Samozhenov, Irina V. Matveeva
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    This scientific article focuses on cross-cultural competence in education, highlighting the interdependent relationship between language proficiency and intercultural understanding. The authors synthesize theoretical foundations and pedagogical techniques to reveal the multifaceted aspects of integrating cross-cultural nuances into language education. The study presents cross-cultural competence as an essential element of effective communication in a globalised world, rather than a secondary skill. The authors use a holistic approach to examine the complexities of pedagogical strategies that aim to develop cross-cultural communicative competence. These concepts involve the use of innovative technologies and multimedia resources to overcome traditional educational frameworks and model authentic cross-cultural encounters. The article examines the challenges associated with developing flexible competences. The intangible nature of cultural norms and the diversity of students' biographies complicate the process of building soft skills. The article concludes by offering recommendations for improving cross-cultural education and outlining promising trajectories for future research. This study contributes to the debate on the proposed interdisciplinary approach to building cross-cultural competence, combined with the integration of new technologies, which heralds a new era in pedagogy.
    Keywords:
    intercultural communication, specialists, professional training, intercultural competence, foreign languages, cross-cultural competence
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  • Cognitive metaphors and comparisons in Udmurt riddles about bees

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 1
    Author:
    Tatiana R. Dushenkova
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The work is devoted to the consideration of riddles about bees in the Udmurt linguistic culture. The article aims to study comparisons and metaphors, as well as analyze the image of an insect in riddles. The material was riddles reflected in special folklore publications and lexicographic sources. During the analysis, linguoculturological, semantic, etymological, and conceptual methods were used. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the bee in riddles is presented in the form of complex metaphors, comparisons and euphemisms. The bee and the hive in Udmurt culture are revealed in different categories. The hive is most often associated with a house, a pit and a syulyk (a woman’s headdress). The sounds made by a bee and a bee colony are compared to the crying of a baby, the whining of a dog, or the growling of a motor. The bee itself or the bee family is associated in popular fantasy with a daughter-in-law, who is sad about parting with her parents and expecting hardships in the new family. Riddles about bees are typically compared to a huge number of people or a flock of sheep. In quantitative terms, the sound or hum of a beehive corresponds to a hundred or a thousand. Along with crying, the flight of bees from the hive is compared to sifting flour. Fairy tales also reflect the bee's ability to sting, build honeycombs, and make honey.
    Keywords:
    comparison, metaphor, Udmurt language, riddle, bee
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  • The question of the syntactic status of substantives in Russian identity sentences

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 1
    Author:
    Natalia V. Knyazeva
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    A multi aspect study of bisubstantive sentences of characterizing semantics is necessary to solve complex problems of syntactic analysis. The grammatical specificity of bisubstantial sentences lies in the morphological identity of the predicative minimum. The study has theoretical and practical tasks: identify the structural, semantic and communicative organization of sentences, propose methodological recommendations for syntactic analysis of sentences. The material of the study is modern literature. Analytical and descriptive methods are used to analyze the linguistic material. The problems of teaching syntactic analysis of sentences are identified through experimental methods. The main conclusions of the study: syntactic analysis of bisubstantial sentences should consist of traditional structural and semantic parameters, roles and functions in the semantic structure and communicative organization of a sentence, take into account context, stylistic and pragmatic factors. Syntactic phenomena should be studied from the functional position at all stages and levels of teaching syntax of the modern Russian language.
    Keywords:
    subject, semantic structure, syntax, methodology of teaching Russian language, identity sentences, bisubstantive sentence, communicative organization of a sentence, sentence syntax analysis, substantive, predicate
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  • About the dictionary of Chuvash microtoponyms

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 1
    Authors:
    Dmitriy E. Leontyev, Eduard V. Fomin
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    This study is devoted to the problem of the dictionary of microtoponyms existing in the Chuvash environment. Chuvash microtoponymy is one of the lexico-phraseological stratum that is being lost at a rapid pace, and its fixation currently seems more than relevant. Scientists have voiced the idea of such a publication many times, and have repeatedly begun collecting material, but it has never come to fruition. This publication is essentially a prospectus for the designed dictionary. The study is based on the analysis of a collection of names of small geographical objects created by students of the Chuvash state university in 2023. Lexicography of microtoponyms poses the task of codifying them, studying as a result of a specific extralinguistically determined naming of local geographical realities, as well as possible interlingual contacts with access to the problems of glotto- and ethnogenesis, clarifying the typological features of Chuvash naming in general. The authors propose a two-stage work on the project: first of all, the collection of toponyms and their publication in the form of annual collections, and secondly, the preparation and publication of the final dictionary. The indicated approach will prepare the basis for a general work on Chuvash microtoponymy.
    Keywords:
    onomastics, Chuvash language, dictionary, lexicography, microtoponymy
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  • Professionally oriented intercultural communication of Chinese students in Russian

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 1
    Authors:
    Shanzhi Zhang, Ludmila P. Muhammad, Victoria R. Potemkina
    Work direction:
    Ethno-Cultural Problems of Education
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the study of the ethnocultural component of the educational process of Chinese philology students. The purpose of the study is to build a professionally oriented model for preparing foreign students for intercultural communication in Russian. The research material consisted of video and audio recordings of educational work in Russian in the conditions of Russian preparatory faculties. Research methods – analysis of theoretical models presented in modern literature on teaching the Russian language in Chinese audiences; generalization of one’s own practical experience; modeling the educational process with the inclusion of an ethnocultural component in the model. As a result of the study, the authors come to the following conclusions: as an optimal methodological basis, one should choose a variable model of personal-activity learning, based on anthropological, communicative and cognitive principles in a complex, which will allow to include in training, on the one hand, ethnocultural component, on the other hand, will not disrupt the processes of comprehensive learning and the formation of a linguistic personality as an integral phenomenon. As an integrative component, the model presents a metatext that is relevant for Chinese philology students, based on the standardized intention «General characteristics of an object». As a result, students, relying on ethnocultural potential and the ability to build communication in Russian, by the end of the first semester master the A2+ level and are ready to work in the second semester to study special philological disciplines directly in Russian.
    Keywords:
    intercultural communication, language personality, Russian as a foreign language, Chinese students, the ethnocultural component, professionalization of the educational process
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  • Ideal'naia model' integratsii fundamental'nykh meditsinskikh distsiplin (anatomiia, gistologiia, latinskii iazyk) v Baltiiskom federal'nom universitete imeni Immanuila Kanta

    Book Chapter
    Modern educational technologies: psychology and pedagogy
    Authors:
    Valentina S. Gordova, Tatiana N. Stepanova, Vladimir A. Izranov
    Work direction:
    Глава 10
    Abstract:
    This chapter presents the result of the long standing integration of fundamental medical disciplines at one separate department (Department of Fundamental Medicine of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University), which was preceded by four stages. At the first stage, the discipline «Latin language» was integrated into the discipline «Anatomy», at the second stage, the discipline «Anatomy» was integrated into the discipline «Latin language», at the third stage, a joint lecture and methodological materials appeared in the course of each of the above disciplines, at the fourth stage it became possible to create an ideal model for the integration of fundamental medical disciplines. By the authors presents thedetailed explanedmodel, which includes four medical disciplines (anatomy, histology, pharmacology, propaedeutics of internal diseases) and illustrates a holistic view of their relationship. Two deliberately defective models for the integration of these disciplines reflecting variants of a discrete approach to learning are also proposed. The key role of Latin medical terminology in the development of the above disciplines is explained in detail, the differences in the forming and translation of Latin anatomical and histological terms into Russian are shown.The interrelation of anatomy, histology and pharmacology through a definite Latin term is shown. Arguments are given in favor of introducing the developed model into the educational process of medical students receiving higher medical education. The authors not only share their experience of the long standing interaction in teaching Latin and anatomy, Latin and histology, anatomy and histology, but also ask for necessity of cooperation between teachers of fundamental medical disciplines for creating (already at the initial stage of medical education) the holistic professional world outlook for students.
    Keywords:
    integration, methodology, teaching, medical education, terminology, Latin language, anatomy, histology, morphology
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  • Primenenie tekhnologii kriticheskogo myshleniia pri formirovanii chitatel'skoi gramotnosti u shkol'nikov na urokakh literatury

    Book Chapter
    Modern educational technologies: psychology and pedagogy
    Author:
    Elena G. Belova
    Work direction:
    Глава 15
    Abstract:
    The chapter examines the importance of critical thinking in the modern world and its development among schoolchildren, especially in the context of reading literacy in literature lessons. The author presents the technology of critical thinking as an effective method for analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing information, and provides examples of its use in teaching literature. In today's world, where information surrounds us from all sides, the ability to think critically is becoming a key skill for a successful life and professional activity. It is especially important to develop this skill among schoolchildren, since their ability to learn and adapt in an ever-changing world depends on it. The chapter discusses the application of the Cinquain method in the educational process, its usefulness for the development of creative thinking, critical analysis and communication skills. The advantages of using this method in literature lessons are considered and examples of its implementation in the educational process are offered. The author also presents the practical experience of a teacher in literature lessons at the middle level: a lesson summary, examples of cinquaines compiled by students in the classroom.
    Keywords:
    language competence, modern technologies, speech development, critical thinking technology, reader literacy, cinquain, effective innovative method, a versatile tool for reflection
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  • TEACHING SPECIAL VOCABULARY AND TERMINOLOGY TO FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS

    Proceeding
    The Topical Issues of the Humanities and Social Sciences: from Theory to Practice
    Author:
    Larisa V. Balakireva
    Work direction:
    Теория и методика обучения и воспитания
    Abstract:
    This article deals with the issues related to the use of special vocabulary and medical terminology in the classes of Russian as a foreign language in a non-language university. Foreign students should be familiar not only with the basic vocabulary of the Russian language, but also with the basic terminology of their specialty, read and understand special literature. It helps to develop speech competencies in the professional field. The author focuses on the gradual introduction of special vocabulary at classes of Russian as a foreign language (RFL).
    Keywords:
    foreign students, interdisciplinary relations, professional activities, language for special purposes, term
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  • Formation of the value attitude of 6th grade students to the Russian native language in the process of working with the text

    Proceeding
    The Topical Issues of the Humanities and Social Sciences: from Theory to Practice
    Author:
    Elena A. Riabukhina
    Work direction:
    Теория и методика обучения и воспитания
    Abstract:
    The article deals with the problem of forming the value attitude of students to the Russian native language. One of the ways to solve it is to work with text. It is indicated that special attention is paid to the linguistic and cultural and aesthetic perception of the text, the analysis of the ethnocultural units included in it. Diagnostics of 6th grade students helped to identify difficulties associated with the axiological component of text analysis. Based on the diagnostic results, comprehensive training exercises have been developed in three main areas: actualization of background cultural knowledge for understanding the text, working with the word in the text, selection of linguistic means of representation when creating a text.
    Keywords:
    value attitude to language, axiological component of working with text, background cultural knowledge, linguistic units with an ethno-cultural component of content, linguistic means of representation
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  • Teaching preschoolers the logic of natural language as a method of scientific cognition

    Book Chapter
    Pedagogy and Psychology of Modern Education
    Author:
    Nikolai N. Zhaldak
    Work direction:
    Глава 10
    Abstract:
    In the field of teaching preschool children speech and logical thinking, the problem of transition from spontaneous to purposeful teaching of natural language logic as a conscious method of cognition, especially scientific, is being solved. The logic of a natural language is defined as a system of all its logical means and rules for understanding and using these means. The main research methods are pedagogical experiment, sociolinguistic research and this logic. The author has developed forms of tasks and exercises for targeted teaching from early preschool age to the correct understanding and conscious use of conjunctions, quantifiers, question words and the rules of natural language logic. The forms are shown with the help of which adult parents or educators can themselves understand what is included in this logic and purposefully teach it to children.
    Keywords:
    preschool education, purposefulness, logic of natural language, scientific knowledge, conscious method
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  • In these (end) times: Sh. Idiatullin's Volgaic fantasy fiction

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Authors:
    Maria S. Savelyeva, Alexander V. Savelyev
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The paper discusses the development of ethnic fiction in the modern Russian literature, focusing on Shamil Idiatullin's 2020 novel “Poslednee vremja”. We show that the tendency towards switching from ethnic to regionalist agenda can be observed in the works by both Russian authors, such as Denis Osokin and Alexei Ivanov, and authors having a non-Russian ethnic identity, such as the Tatar novelists Guzel Yakhina and Shamil Idiatullin. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together techniques from literary studies (analysis of the genre and the literary situation as well as the historical and cultural context) and linguistics (an etymological analysis of proper names, in the first place). Our commentary on various linguistic, historical and cultural aspects puts Idiatullin»s novel into the discourse of the contemporary ethnic fiction as a text that expresses the positions of both the Conquerors and the Conquered. The analysis of personal names and other words of non-Russian origin that are used in the Russian text allows to identify the fictional ethnic groups with the actual peoples of the Volga-Kama region and places the novel within a present-day context. One of the key themes of “Poslednee vremja” is language loss, and some scenes, such as the self-immolation of the pagan priest Arβuj-Kuγə̑za, make a clear reference to the contemporary history of the region. The novel»s title can be translated as both “End times” and “These times”; thus, it includes simultaneously an apocalyptic allusion and a hint to the events of the recent past.
    Keywords:
    Idiatullin, Yakhina, ethnic fiction, regionalism, the Mari language, the Turkic languages
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  • “The song helps us to build and to live”: the role and functions of the ethnic song in Moscow Chuvash and Mari diasporic groups

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Author:
    Marina V. Kutsaeva
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The paper studies the role and functions of songs in an ethnic language in the life of representatives of the internal diaspora. The article is based on the results of sociolinguistic surveys conducted in Chuvash and Mari diasporas of the Moscow region in 2014–2017 and 2019–2021, respectively. The researcher employed the following sociolinguistic methods: direct observation, participant observation, structured interviews of respondents, documentary recording of responses, statistical data analysis. One of the blocks in the sociolinguistic questionnaire included such aspects as the language – in – culture and ethnic culture maintenance in the context of the vitality of ethnic language. Ethnic culture, along with the ethnic language, is one of the key markers of ethnic identity in both samples. As the results of the survey demonstrate, songs in Mari or Chuvash occupy a significant place in the respondents’ life. Several functions of the ethnic song were identified: adaptation to new living conditions; co-optation of new members (i. e., through cultural ethnic events); creative self-realization; language learning (i. e., ethnic songs used for educational purposes in language courses); initiation into language and culture for new speakers of Chuvash and Mari. The role of ethnic song in the revitalization of the language has been equally determined.
    Keywords:
    Chuvash language, ethnic culture, ethnic identity, Mari language, ethnic language, internal diaspora, sociolinguistic survey
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  • The regional component of the jargon of street groups of the 1980s and 1990s (based on the speech material of Yoshkar-Ola)

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Authors:
    Elena G. Tonkova, Elena S. Yarygina
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The work is devoted to the study of the vocabulary of youth groups in Yoshkar-Ola in 1980–1990. The purpose of this article is to characterize the local features of the language of Yoshkar-Ola youth unofficial groups. The research material was the jargon of participants in street gangs in the capital of the Republic of Mari El at the end of the twentieth century. The sources of language material were documentary literature, journalistic articles, dictionaries of substandard vocabulary and recordings of live speech of former group members. During the research, methods of linguistic observation and description, dictionary interpretation, and contextual analysis of lexical units were used. As a result of the study, the authors come to the conclusion that a number of jargons discussed in the article have become part of the unofficial microtoponymy of the city of Yoshkar-Ola. The likelihood of such lexical units appearing in dictionaries of non-literary vocabulary published by leading publishers is extremely low. The collected material contains information about the etymology of the unofficial toponymy of the city of Yoshkar-Ola, the communicative preferences of local youth and the linguistic realities of 1980–1990. The sublanguage of hooligan youth is very close in nature to Russian argot. A more detailed study of the jargon of street gang members may help change the uncritical attitude of Russian speakers towards the language of the criminal world.
    Keywords:
    jargon, argot, literary language, speech substandard, regional dictionary
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  • Bosnian phraseological units with a component-orientalism of the thematic group “Names of sweet dishes”

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Author:
    Irina V. Kuznetsova
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The work is devoted to the analysis of Bosnian phraseological units with orientalism – the name of a sweet dish. The purpose of the article is to show the phraseological potential of borrowings-orientalisms naming sweets in the phraseology corpus of Bosnian Muslims. The relevance of the work is due to the need for a comprehensive study of phraseological units to identify common and idioethnic. The role of orientalisms in creating the imagery of phrasemes is shown in terms of ethnolinguoculturology. The material of the study is non-comparative phrasemes existing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods of material processing: component analysis; linguoculturological analysis; structural and semantic modeling; comparative and synchronous descriptive. Structural and semantic models illustrate the interlanguage commonality of motivational ideas and at the same time specific, revealed at the level of imagery of phraseology. The research material shows a different phraseological potential of the names of sweet confectionery products of oriental origin. Arabisms and Persiisms as part of phraseological units are «indirect» borrowing: they entered of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina through Turkish; they, like Ottomans, are more frequent in Bosnian phrasemes due to various historical and relevant reasons today. Some of the analyzed phrases are recorded by lexicographic sources and in other regions of Southern Slavia, but the activity of their use in live colloquial speech is typical precisely for the language of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have the so-called Bosnian Turkish.
    Keywords:
    culture, phraseology, Bosnian language, oriental borrowings, oriental cuisine, thematic group, sweets
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