THE USE OF INSTAGRAM IN THE METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING ARABIC FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTING ADDITIONAL TEXTS FOR READING)

Abstract

The purpose of teaching Arabic in a higher education institution is to train Arabic philologists who have communicative and intercultural competence sufficient to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in a particular socio-cultural context. The article shows that the situational context as one of the extralinguistic factors, which, according to the provisions of systemic-functional linguistics, is one of the determinants of language signs, should be considered in foreign language teaching. It has been found that additional multimodal materials of the social network Instagram stimulate communicative and intercultural competence and promote greater interest in learning Arabic for students as they expand and supplement the thematic sphere, creating a situational cultural context. It is shown that reading as part of the educational process of learning Arabic is a process of intercultural communication, which results in the formation of ideas about the Arabic cultural and social context formed by nationally specific semiotic signs. The principles of selecting additional materials extracted from social networks as a valuable source of linguistic and extra-linguistic code determined by the current situational context are formed. Educational texts and additional texts involved in the teaching process are the cultural and social context of learning the Arabic language and culture. Therefore, it is important to involve the current situational context as an extralinguistic factor that determines the language code in the process of learning a foreign language, in particular, Arabic. An example of using Arabic Instagram materials as additional lexical materials within the curriculum at a higher education institution is presented. It is described that the optimal format of Instagram materials used in the educational process allows them to be used within the curriculum as a means of expanding the pedagogical thematic scope of Arabic situational.