ASSIMILATION BY FOREIGN STUDENTS OF SEMANTICS AND FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF NOUNS IN DATIVE CASE

The article deals with one of the topical issues of studying the grammatical system in lessons of the Ukrainian language as a foreign language, which is related to the assimilation of the formal representation and semantics of the dative case of nouns. Techniques for studying grammar are presented, in particular, mastering the forms of the dative case of nouns and understanding its meaning based on the generalized experience of teaching this grammatical topic to foreign students of the preparatory department. The methodological features of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language at the initial stage, which combines elementary and basic levels of learning Ukrainian as a foreign language, are analyzed. Certain theoretical information on the grammatical system of the Ukrainian language is presented, conditioned by the practical direction of education. It is noted that the development of communicative skills is impossible without the formation of grammatical skills related to the choice and use of the necessary cases in speech. Conscious mastery of the grammatical structure of the language helps to build one’s own utterances, while inaccurate understanding of grammatical units and their place in the grammatical system restrains and slows down language practice, causes various errors in the speech of foreigners. It is emphasized that the study of grammar does not stand out as an independent area of work in the lessons of Ukrainian as a foreign language. The methodology of the Ukrainianas a foreign language involves the study of grammatical units through units, forms, models, through situational and thematic organization of the educational process, through speech practice. The student is faced with the task of expressing an opinion, and grammar becomes a solution tool and a means of communicative reflection. It is determined that the dative case allows to express a certain range of values, the main of which are the meaning of the subject and object of the action and the features of the subject. The assimilation of the semantics of the dative case by foreign students is facilitated by a variety of exercises aimed at forming grammatical skills and solving communicative tasks by means of language. Key words: cases of the Ukrainian language, dative case, Ukrainian as a foreign language, grammatical skills, language, speech, communicative competencies.