EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING THE LOCATIVE BY NATIVE CHINESE SPEAKERS (ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY) AS A RESULT OF USING SPEECH EXERCISES BASED ON AN AUTHENTIC GAME

This paper investigates the comparative effectiveness of authentic game-based learning and traditional speech exercises in teaching novice foreign language learners about the Russian case system.

The research is based on an empirical study conducted with first-year Chinese students at the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (Zhengzhou, Henan Province), all of whom were beginners in the Russian language.

The main focus of the study is the impact of different teaching approaches on the acquisition of the prepositional case in its locative meaning — the first step in learning the Russian case system according to the «Doroga v Rossiyu» textbook [1]. The analysis focuses on authentic game-based techniques specifically designed for this purpose, and compares their effectiveness with traditional speech exercises from the textbook.

The primary research aim is to determine if there is a statistically significant difference in learning outcomes for Russian grammar when using either a game-based or traditional approach. In other words, the study seeks to ascertain whether authentic games, due to their inherent characteristics, have a stronger potential to facilitate grammar skills acquisition (specifically the use of the locative case) than traditional speech exercises.

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