TEACHING READING AS A CULTURAL EVENT TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE WHEN STUDYING RUSSIAN AS A SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN SCHOOLS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Abstract
The concept of this article is based on the following three principal points. The first one is connected with the advent of a new type of student in schools, a bilingual student, and, due to this, the necessity to introduce changes to the modern educational model.
The second one is related to the role of reading as a species of speech activity and is concerning the principles of selection of didactic materials when teaching reading to a diverse audience (including bilingual students) in classes of Russian as a Foreign Language in schools of the Czech Republic. As an example, there is provided one of the author's texts which plays the role of a cultural event for school students and primary school students who are mono- and bilinguals, when reading in the family circle, in class or out-of-class.
The third one substantiates the necessity and specialty of a purposeful and systematic methodological work with texts, the reading of which could become a cultural event. The author's methodology of work with such texts is proposed.