Textbooks on reading in Russian for Chinese universities over the past 30 years: analysis and prospects

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Textbooks are the basis for implementing the curriculum and an important support in teaching activities. They play an important role in foreign language teaching, representing teaching materials that combine the characteristics of the time, learning objectives, advanced teaching concepts, and patterns of self-learning. The aim of the research is to identify trends and problems in the sphere of preparation and publication of teaching aids for reading in Russian in China. The author analyzed 84 manuals on reading in Russian published in China over the last 30 years. Special attention was paid to the 4 most representative books published at different times. Comparative-typological method, as well as methods of induction and mathematical processing were used. The comparative analysis of teaching aids was carried out considering the aspects of the purpose of creation, structure, content. The features of universal (comprehensive) and professional-specialized reading textbooks, including auxiliary teaching materials are considered. The necessity of creating a series of high-quality textbooks is emphasized, and the ways of solving this problem are determined. The author has deeply explored the alternatives of composing Russian reading textbooks from the point of view of a system of multifunctional thematic content, integration of intercultural and national-specific elements, and multipolar learning.

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Yan Li

Xiamen University

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Email: liyan386@mail.ru
Ph.D. (Philology), Assistant Professor of Department of Russian Language 422 Siming South Rd, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China

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1. Figure 1. Annual dynamics of the number of published reading manuals in the Russian language

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2. Figure 2. The content of the manuals

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