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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20 listening exercises for the Russian lesson

Today we will look at specific examples of exercises and types of listening tasks. As usual, we are helped by A.A. Akishina and O.E. Kagan’s book “Learning to Teach.” The book has already become a classic. If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to read it and use it in your work. So, what should you do in class to develop listening skills?

1. Understand the teacher’s commands that must be followed: слушай, читай, повтори, скажи, подними руку.

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7 mistakes teachers of Russian make when working with listening comprehension

Today I will talk about the main shortcomings when working with listening in an RFL (Russian as a foreign language) lesson, and what needs to be done to avoid them. At the end, we’ll see what happens with listening in the “Soroka” and “Sarafan” textbooks (especially in “Sarafan,” where there’s more listening).

Today the book “Learning to Teach” by A.A. Akishina and O.E. Kagan will help me. This book has long been a classic for RFL teachers. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. Now let’s start with the shortcomings.

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Working with Audio Files

What are the audio files for the Student’s Book for? How do you work with them? I am going to reveal secrets of experienced teachers.

I would like to start with the fact that we begin to learn a language through our ears. As I was taught: “Language is initiated through our hearing.” This is a natural process.

When a child lives in a linguistic environment, he constantly hears the language, which is spoken by people around him. Then a child starts to recognize words and to repeat them. His speech starts to form in his native language (the language of his environment).

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No Speaking without Listening

Speaking requires someone who listens to you.

If you are a speaker at a conference or in a classroom, your language level is good enough to give a presentation like that. But I assume that you are a beginner. If you are a beginner, before you go speaking make sure that you understand what you listen to — practice listening and understanding first, don’t jump into speaking.