TEACHING CHILDREN GERMAN AT THE PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL OF PROFESSOR J. M. SCHADEN

The article deals with the issue of teaching German at the private boarding school of Moscow University Professor J. M. Schaden (1731-1797). The article presents a detailed account of the linguistic materials used for language teaching, based on a comprehensive analysis of the memoirs of contemporaries and an in-depth examination of the teaching literature of Moscow University. The author assumes that the textbook Sposob ucheniya is the primary methodological support for teaching German in the boarding school. The methodology of teaching appears to have been gradual and tailored to the specific age and level of training of the students. Furthermore, the article reveals that the teaching of German at the Schaden's boarding school was inextricably linked with the moral education and cultivation of literary taste.