DIGITAL STORYTELLING TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING THE SPEECH COMPETENCE OF 5TH–6TH GRADE STUDENTS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS
Abstract
The article explores the didactic potential of “Digital Storytelling” as a tool for the targeted development of speech competence in 5th and 6th-grade students during Russian language lessons in secondary schools of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The author clarifies the structure of speech competence relative to this age group and reveals the connection between students' narrative activities and the formation of monologic and dialogic speech, vocabulary enrichment, and the development of coherence and expressiveness in communication. The study presents a typology of digital storytelling tasks, differentiated by the level of linguistic autonomy. The results of the experimental teaching confirm a positive trend in the development of speech competence within the experimental classes.
Keywords
Speech competence, digital storytelling, narrative activity, monologic speech, Russian language lessons, 5th–6th grades, vocabulary, speech coherence.How to Cite
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