LINGUOCULTUROLOGICAL INFORMATION IN GRAMMAR EXERCISES AT THE BASIC AND ELEMENTARY LEVELS OF STUDYING THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

Currently, in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, special attention is paid to integrating language learning and assimilation of national culture elements. The article discusses the ways of using linguocultural information in the process of studying the grammar of a foreign language. Linguocultural information in foreign language textbooks is presented mainly in the form of textual material or in comments to the texts. At the initial level of learning a foreign language, students learn a large number of grammatical forms and do a huge number of exercises, so linguocultural information should be introduced into this process from the very beginning. Although grammar exercises are aimed at mastering and consolidating the studied grammar, they are filled with lexical material. Lexical units with a national-cultural component must become a component of grammar exercies: non-equivalent vocabulary, proper names (anthroponyms, toponyms, names of famous and historical personalities, etc.), names of holidays, everyday realities, etc. Linguocultural material includes phraseology, proverbs, sayings, aphorisms, quotations, which also can be included in exercises. The purpose of our article is to determine the principles of selection of lexical units with a national-cultural component used at the initial stage of learning a foreign language, the method and sequence of incorporation of such vocabulary into grammatical exercises, the types of exercises in which that vocabulary can be used. The selection of material is based on the following principles: connection with essential communication and vocabulary topics, broad compatibility, stylistic neutrality, frequency, linguocultural value, grammatical value, speech functionality and clear differentiation from native culture. All this material should be gradually and systematically included in grammatical exercises of different types, depending on the syntactic position the particular lexical units appears in the sentence and the peculiarities of the form of these lexems. Key words: Ukrainian language, foreign language, linguocultural information, communicative competence, grammar, vocabulary, exercises.