TEXT-CENTRIC PRINCIPLE AS BASIC OF EDUCATION FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS OF THE HUMANITIES

Abstract

The article highlights text-centric principle as one of the main ones to form professional communicative competence of foreign students of humanities in the process of learning Ukrainian as a foreign language. The relevance of this scientific research is confirmed by the lack of a large number of studies on the problem of effective use of educational texts of different styles and genres in the study of Ukrainian as a foreign language. The aim of the study is to outline the structure of educational texts on the Ukrainian language as a foreign language by their levels of complexity and subject matter (situational and thematic minimum, everyday subject matter, social life and culture, local lore and scientific subject matter) are outlined. The creation of a comprehensive system of tasks for working with literary texts in teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language by foreign students of humanities is substantiated. To effectively use text-centric principle, it is necessary to consider the following tasks: study the communicative needs of different categories of foreign students in accordance with different models of language learning; mastering language and speech knowledge by foreign students of humanities, formation of abilities and skills communicatively expedient to use means of language in the course of communication; formation of foreign students' skills and abilities of independent educational activity, ability to learn to learn, to improve the cognitive-operational component of speech activity as a means of comprehensive personal development; formation of humanistic worldview, formation of skills of intercultural communication, education of tolerant attitude to representatives of other cultures; fostering respect for the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian culture; formation of social problems critical comprehension skills, building awareness of life values. The methodological basis of the study are the basic provisions of the theory of cognition, text, speech activity. Important research methods are the analysis of domestic literature on methods of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language; description of the principles, methods and technologies of teaching the Ukrainian language to foreign students of humanities. The authors conclude that the process of learning Ukrainian as a foreign language is aimed to form elements of the following competencies: linguistic – mastering the basic knowledges in communicating on Ukrainian; as a foreign language is based on a number of components, among which there are multifaceted educational texts and their appropriate usage.