Regional studies scope of Bashkir language lessons in primary school

The article discusses the issue of studying the Bashkir language as a state language in Russian-language educational institutions. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the tasks of language education, as a factor in an individual’s adaptation in the social environment, are among the most in demand. They are considered by scholars, methodologists, and are reflected at the legislative level. The article defines the concepts of “a communicative competence”, “a cultural competence” and “a regional studies competence”. We analyze programs and textbooks on the Bashkir language, included in the current Federal List of Textbooks, to determine the study content, designed to develop appropriate competencies, and the role of regional studies competence in the development of speech activity and students’ coherent speech, and discuss the regional studies scope of Bashkir language lessons in primary school. As a result of the analysis of textbooks, we identify the need to experimentally substantiate methodological ways of developing regional studies competence of junior schoolchildren in Bashkir language lessons; the development, systematization and adaptation of didactic materials related to the formation of regional studies competence of junior schoolchildren; the elaboration of practical recommendations and experimental learning results that can be used in the course of theory and technology of teaching the Bashkir language in primary school, etc.