Using authentic texts (folk tales) in English lessons in elementary school

Abstract

In order to update the content of education in the country and move to a 12-year education system, the primary school
requires each teacher to work new, bold creative search, increase the activity and interest of students. Therefore, the teacher,
comprehensively improving his knowledge, should interest the student.
In the process of teaching a foreign language, it is necessary to teach students to understand the world alien to them. In order
to find its place in society, the culture of another language, little knowledge only of the language of this country, you need to know
the culture of the people who speak this language. In solving this problem, the use of autent texts is of great importance. Authentic texts provide data on the country learning the language. They promote training of pupils in knowledge, abilities, skills. Authentic texts arouse interest in the foreign language among students, teach themselves to set goals and contribute to the productivity of the educational process. Texts that include and depict cultural characteristics increase interest in learning a foreign language. Students of each language are faced not only with the features found in the system of the same language, but also with the great features inherent in the culture of the country using this language. To understand someone else's culture and master their culture, to understand the actions and speech of representatives of another culture, to learn to compare their culture and other culture, to distinguish similarities and differences