Verbal painting as a way of overcoming fragmentary perception

Abstract

In our rapidly changing world, young people inevitably face the negative impact of technological progress on the development of mental processes. Thus, the issue of overcoming digital natives’ fragmentary perception is an urgent objective of modern science. The author aims to present the results of studying verbal painting as a means to develop the perception integrity of art works and speech utterances in the context of the 21st century challenges. Research methods included scientific and methodological literature analysis; modelling the verbal drawing teaching process; generalization of language and literature teachers’ experience, including the author’s own experience; generalisation of the results of pedagogical experiments; an analysis of written works by students in years 5 to 7. As a result, the study has identified the principles for preparing schoolchildren for verbal painting in Russian language and literature lessons. They are as follows: concentration on ideas, specification and detailing of ideas, imagination boosting, emotional involvement, subjective modality. The paper also provides examples of exercises and assignments for implementing these principles. In order to demonstrate their effectiveness, samples of students’ works are analysed. Conclusions. The principles of preparation for verbal painting that the article formulates contribute to the integrity of the perception of the world around us and help overcome its fragmentary nature. After such instruction, schoolchildren acquire the ability to create complete verbal pictures accompanied by details and expressive elements.