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V ROPRYAL Congress in Kazan

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V ROPRYAL Congress in Kazan

11.10.2016

Nearly 600 teachers from 58 Russian towns took part in the V Russian Association of Russian Language and Literature Teachers (ROPRYAL) Congress “Dynamics of Language and Cultural Processes in Modern Russia”. The event was held on October 4-8, 2016 in Kazan under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russkiy Mir Foundation.  

The official opening was held on October 5 at a conference-hall of “Kotron” hotel complex with the participation of the President of Tatarstan R. Minnikhanov, President of ROPRYAL L. Verbitskaya, Rector of the Kazan Federal University I. Gafurov. In his welcome speech, President of the Republic noted relevancy of the Congress’s topic and underlined that it has a special meaning for the constituting units of the Russian Federation with a difficult population composition like Tatarstan. “Developing a concept of teaching the Russian language and literature in our multi-national country became a milestone event for all of us. At the same time, I want to express my personal gratitude that Tatarstan’s suggestions were included into the concept, developed by also by the members of ROPRYAL”, - noted R. Minnikhanov.   



L. Verbitskaya was granted a “Duslyk” order for her extraordinary achievements in the issue of strengthening cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan, foreign countries and other constituting units of the Russian Federation and for her great contribution to development of social and cultural ties. The state award of the Republic of Tatarstan was granted to her by the President of RARLLT R. Minnikhanov at the official opening of the Congress.  


Achievements of teachers from Tatarstan in the sphere of teaching the Russian language have not also gone unnoticed. Teacher of additional education of the Shigabutdin Mardzhani Tatar Gymnasium No. 2 under the Kazan Federal University A. Bushuyev and principal of High School of Russian and Foreign Philology of the Lev Tolstoy Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of the Kazan Federal University R. Mukhamethshin were granted A. Pushkin’s medals established by the International Association of Russian Language and Literature Teachers (MAPRYAL).


Video addresses to Congress’s participants of the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation O. Golodets and Deputy Chairman of the President’s Administration of the Russian Federation M. Magomedov were heard at the opening event.


The opening event was followed by a plenary session, opened with L. Verbitskaya’s speech “Russian Language Today”. President of RARLLT told about the number of Russian-speaking people in the world and about the dynamics of changes in the structure of its native speakers for the last 100 years, defined the key problems of the modern Russian speech and made examples of relevant and irrelevant borrowings from other languages, which have taken roots in Russian speech. She turned special attention of those present on the importance of cultural dialogue, when studying Russian as a foreign language. “The main principle of teaching Russian in multi-cultural environment is a constant appeal to the cultural heritage of Russian and related people as to a treasury of spiritual values, studying two cultures in a dialogue, to the native language of students”, - underlined L. Verbitskaya. “In bilingual environment such an approach allows to kindle students’ interest, which will be perceived not as a displacing the students’ native language, but as an enriching one, making the spheres of their professional activities wider.”  



Great interest of the Congress’s participants was also kindled by the speech of the Saint Petersburg University Prorector S. Bogdanov “Russian as the State Language in the Russian Federation”. In his speech, S. Bogdanov told about the results of research made by researchers from the Saint Petersburg University headed by the Rector of the University N. Kropachev and Head of the Institute of State Language Problems of the Saint Petersburg University A. Belov.


Report by the Head of Department of the Newest Russian Literature History and Modern Literary Process of the Moscow State University M. Golubkov was dedicated to the axiological aspects of the modern Russian literature. R. Zamaletdinov, Director of the Lev Tolstoy Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of the Kazan Federal University has made an overlook of studying and teaching the Russian language and literature in Tatarstan in his speech.  


The last two days were dedicated to discussing the main directions of the Congress: “Russian Language: Relevant Aspects of Research”, “Russian Language and Languages of Russian Peoples: Interrelation and Interaction”, “Russian Literature in Modern World”, “Russian Language in Russian System of General and Additional Education”, “Russian Language in Higher and Course Education System”, “Russian as a Foreign Language in Russia and Abroad”.  


The most relevant issues of the Russian language functioning in modern Russia were the topics for discussion boards - “Russian Writers in Understanding the Life in Modern Russia”, “Russian Language and Literature Textbooks for General Education Schools: Problems of Developing and Introducing”, “Computer Technologies in Teaching Russian Language and Culture”, “Russian Language Test: International Experience and Russian Approach”, “Russian Language in Open Education System”.


The newest pedagogical developments were shown at the exhibition of Tatarstan’s educational institutions, new books in the sphere of teaching the Russian language as native, non-native, foreign, Russian literature and testing of RARLLT’s publishing houses were also exhibited. For the first time in the history of holding RARLLT congresses, sections were held not only in Kazan’s academic institutions, but also in schools: Tatar Gymnasium No. 2 of the Moscow District, Gymnasium No. 7 of the Novo-Savinskiy District and in Boarding School of General Education “N. Lobachevskiy’s Lyceum”. Such a novelty allowed the congress’s participants not only to discuss theoretic aspects of teaching the Russian language and literature, but also to take a look at the best examples of its practical implementation by immersing into the school atmosphere.


President of RARLLT Lyudmila Verbitskaya told the event participants about the results of the Congress on October 7 at the official closing event of the Congress. Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan E. Fattakhov took part in it. Video address to the Congress participants of the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva was also broadcasted in the framework of the Congress. A Congress resolution is being prepared.   


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