Russian And Tatar Fairy-Tales as A Means of Language Learning

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications, Kazan Federal University;

2 Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications, Kazan Federal

3 Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications, Kazan Federal University

4 Institute of International Relations, Kazan Federal University

Abstract

Reading fairy tales aloud is a great way to improve the pronunciation of your language, as they are meant to be spoken and heard by others. By offering an interesting and novel topic for class discussion, which could encourage shyer or more creative students to speak up, they can also improve the speaking skills of students. During the study, polling methods, interviews, and content analysis were used. It has been found that more consideration was given to the conflict itself in Russian fairy-tales, and to pre-conflict and post-conflict – in Tatar fairy-tales. The predominant behavioural strategy is a confrontation; the most successful tactics are cunning, fleeing from the place of conflict and reliance on a support group. Little attention is given to the emotions of the characters. In general, the fairy-tales examined to provide a limited set of conflict management practices. However, the combination of Russian and Tatar fairy-tales significantly enriches it.

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