Investigating the Inclusion of Linguistic and Regional Materials in Teaching English and Informing Students about the Cultural Heritage of their Country

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of the Russian Language and Methods of Its Teaching, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

2 Department of Teaching Russian as a Native and Foreign Language, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Abstract

In order to deepen students' subject knowledge and increase awareness of the historical and cultural heritage of their native land, the article examines the possibilities and peculiarities of incorporating linguistic and regional material into the English language teaching process in high school. This is done by using "local" material. The authors of the paper discuss aspects of practical English language methodology that are intended to improve secondary school students' linguistic and regional competency. They also provide pedagogical and methodological justification for the need to develop these skills. The representation of language and regional competence as a synthesis of language, linguocultural, and communicative competences, the emphasis on the system-activity approach in English language instruction, and the creation of didactic materials based on the language space with a regional and cultural background are what make the study novel. Research techniques include component analysis, logical comparison, and descriptive and structural methodologies. The application of a system-activity approach and competence-oriented tasks in English using "local" language material is concluded to be necessary in order to enable students to become authors of their own education as well as participants. This will also increase student motivation to learn the material and enhance basic competencies and universal learning activities. Mastering language skills, gathering and evaluating factual material in accordance with linguistics sections and classroom instruction, independent work gathering material in "local" languages, receiving approval for using it in their own research papers, reflecting on completed tasks, and creating new objectives should be the primary activities.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Applied Linguistics (ICRAL 2023), October 30, 2023, Kazan, Russia
October 2023
Pages 128-132

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