Games as a Component of Teaching Foreign Languages in High School

Маркова А.С., Мамукина Г.И.

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Markova, A.S., Mamukina, G.I. (2023). Games as a Component of Teaching Foreign Languages in High School. Pedagogy and education, 1, 98–105. https://doi.org/10.7256/2454-0676.2023.1.39860

Games as a Component of Teaching Foreign Languages in High School

Markova Anna Sergeevna

Postgraduate student, Department of Theoretical and Historical Poetics, Russian State University for the Humanities

125993, Russia, g. Moscow, ul. Miusskaya Pl., d.6, k.7, of. kab. 278

lirel@yandex.ru

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Mamukina Galina Ivanovna

PhD in Sociology

Associate professor, Department of Foreign Languages No.3, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

115054, Russia, g. Moscow, ul. Stremyannyi Per., 36

mamukina@mail.ru

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10.7256/2454-0676.2023.1.39860.2

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JAHYVJ

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28-02-2023

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04-04-2023

Abstract: The positive influence of playing games with students has often been the subject of scientific papers, which is confirmed by articles by Z. K. Moldakhmedova, A. A. Kadieva, A. A. Shatilova and other researchers. However, the genesis of the game, which allows us to find the phenomenon's origins in the era of syncretism (A. N. Veselovsky), despite the work of L. S. Vygotsky, is still not fully understood. Meanwhile, understanding the essence of the game allows one to introduce it as a component of learning in the process of mastering a foreign language, including overcoming the border "friend-foe" (Y. M. Lotman) and to be able to feel freedom (J. Huizinga) to obtain and consolidate knowledge. Thus, the purpose of this work is to study the genesis of the game as a phenomenon rooted in the syncretic era (where it existed as part of a ritual) in identifying the possibilities of the game situation for the realization of creative (mimetic) activity of students, to overcome language barriers. In light of this approach, the game becomes not an element that can relieve the tension of "serious work" but a special optics that allows one to perceive cognitive activity differently. The main work method is the genetic method proposed by O. M. Freudenberg. The theoretical basis of the research is the works of Y. M. Lotman, A. N. Veselovsky, M. M. Bakhtin, O. M. Freudenberg, L. S. Vygotsky, and other scientists.

Keywords:

the era of syncretism, game, the learning process, English, Bakhtin, Veselovsky, Huizinga, genesis, Freudenberg, Vygotsky
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The subject of the study is the methodology and methodology of using the game as a component of teaching foreign languages. The research methodology is based on a combination of theoretical and empirical approaches using methods of analysis, generalization of pedagogical experience, comparison, synthesis. The relevance of the research is determined by the growth of intercultural interaction in the modern world and, accordingly, the need to master foreign languages, including the methodology and methodology of using games in this process. The scientific novelty of the author is not explicitly highlighted and, apparently, is related to the conclusions obtained by the author and that the game is determined by convention, but gives an unconditional degree of freedom. In the aspect of teaching a foreign language, the game becomes a special component of the educational process. not only by helping to overcome the language barrier and engage in the cognitive process, but also by creating opportunities for personal development. The article is written in Russian literary language. The style of presentation is scientific. The structure of the manuscript includes the following sections (in the form of separate paragraphs are not highlighted, are not titled): Introduction (teaching foreign languages, semiotic field, borderline situation, game as an effective way to involve the student in the process (A. A. Shatilova, Z. K. Moldakhmedova, A. A. Kadieva, P. A. Manakova, D. A. Zhilina, Y. Hezinga, M. M. Bakhtin), analysis of the genesis of the game from ritual and ritual actions (V. V. Veselovsky), historical poetics (S. N. Broitman), the game and its role in the mental development of the child (L. S. Vygotsky), the game as a metaphor (O. M. Freudenberg), The game in the process of learning a foreign language (Yu. M. Lotman's "friend-foe" opposition, imaginary situation, mimetic transformation, conscious violation of the order of the survey, question-answer exercise, the position of the conditional "non-attendance" of the teacher in relation to students), Conclusion (conclusions), Bibliography. The content generally corresponds to the title. At the same time, the wording of the title is more suitable for a monograph than for a separate article. In this regard, the subject of the study should be specified in the title of the manuscript (see, for example, above). The specifics of higher education are also not expressed. The bibliography includes 13 sources of domestic and foreign authors – scientific articles, materials of scientific events, etc. Bibliographic descriptions of some sources require adjustments in accordance with GOST and editorial requirements, for example: 3. Bakhtin M. M. Author and hero in aesthetic activity. Aesthetics of verbal creativity. – M. : Book on demand, 2013. – pp. 9-191. 4. Broitman S. N. Theory of literature : textbook. a student's manual. philol. fac. higher education. institutions : in 2 volumes / edited by N. D. Tamarchenko. – M. : Academy, 2004. – Vol. 2. Historical poetics. – 368 p. 5. Vygotsky L. S. The game and its role in the mental development of a child // Questions of psychology. 1966. No. 6. pp. 62-68. 6. Kadieva A. A. Game as a means of teaching a foreign language // Problems of humanitarian education in the aspect of new scientific paradigms : a collection of materials of the All-Russian Scientific and practical conference. – The place of publication??? : Name of the publishing house ???, 2019. – pp. 118-121 Appeal to opponents (Bakhtin M. M., Broitman S. N., Vygotsky L. S., Kadieva A. A., Lotman Yu. M., Manakova P. A., Zhilina D. A., Makhov A. E., Moldakhmedova Z. K., Freundenberg O. M., Shatilova A. A., Huizinga J. et al.) takes place. In general, the material is of interest to the readership and after revision, the manuscript can be published in the journal Pedagogy and Enlightenment.

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