Category: oral approach

Speaking in Russian as a foreign language lesson with children

So why don’t they speak? I will talk about the main mistakes teachers make and show how I solve the problem of speaking in my Russian lessons.

The entire lesson should be focused specifically on speech. You need to perceive all exercises precisely as preparation for speech, as steps to conversation.

It is absolutely not necessary to be able to read and write to have a conversation. At all! To have a conversation you just need to be able to:

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Soroka. Russian language for children

Oral Approach for Soroka Course

I’m sure you’ll agree that a picture is worth a thousand words.

In the “Soroka” course, directions are extremely useful.

Let’s use the recipe for your favorite soup as an example. If you don’t follow the directions, it will turn out different. It might be not very tasty — or, on the other hand, it could be absolutely delicious.

Another example would be traffic laws. If you don’t follow them, you’ll very likely have a hard time driving from point A to point B.

Or instructions for operating, say, the latest smartphone that comes with previously unimaginable features.

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Soroka. Russian language for children