Nadya Cherneva
Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Absract. The paper is devoted to the use and description of ball games in Russian as a foreign language teaching. Ball games are concerned not only as a tool of popularization of Russian language and culture, but also as an approach to both communicative, socio- and intercultural competences. The focus is put on the ways of exploring some 19 century traditional ball games as a valuable authentic source appropriate for different categories learners.
Keywords: ball games; methods of teaching foreign languages; modern educational technologies; teaching Russian as a foreign language; linguo-cultural approach; socio-cultural competence
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