Variability of textbooks for studying the Ukrainian language in the diaspora

• Authors: Svìtlana Romanûk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the actual problem of preserving the native language under the conditions of foreign language environment. It is substantiated that the qualitatively written teaching books play an important role in this process. Among the range of various textbooks for Ukrainian schoolchildren in the diaspora, the methodical appara-tus of the textbooks of Yar Slavutych, Sofia Vasilišin, Genrika Mìz', which receive positive reviews in the USA and Canada and are actively used in the teaching of the native language of foreign Ukrainians, has been analysed. They contain interesting Ukrainian studies materials, exercises for listening, tasks, games, as well as texts of songs with notes and rhythmic exercises for them, which promote not only the learning of the language, but also the development of creative abilities of schoolchildren, their agility and savvy. It has been established that the textbooks with a clear visual methods, adherence to the principles of the individual approach, connection with life, originality in content diversity provide motivation of children to learn the language, develop their communicative competences.

Keywords

EN

schooling; variability of textbooks; visual-auditory method; diaspora Ukrainians; communicative competences; native language; foreign language environment

PL

szkolnictwo; zmienność podręczników; metoda audiowizualna; diaspora ukraińska; kompetencje komunikacyjne; język ojczysty; środowisko obcojęzyczne

• Publisher: Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
• Journal: Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Tom 14
• Pages: 279-291

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Svìtlana Romanûk

• Černìvecki Nacìonal’ni Unìversitet ìmenì Ûrìâ Fed’koviča, Černìvcì, Ukraina

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