Grammar Rules as Logical Schemes, Tables, and Algorithms: Teaching Russian Auxiliary Words in Russian Secondary School

To be applied effectively, grammar rules needs to be properly structured and generalized. It is a relevant psychological, pedagogical, scientific, and methodological issue of contemporary linguistic education. This article introduces a new methodology that allows secondary school teachers of Russian to structure and visualize rules about auxiliary words as logical schemes, tables, and algorithms. The new method provides seven-graders with a holistic vision of grammar rules. As a result, they develop strong skills of communicative grammar in speaking and writing. Logical schemes, tables, and algorithms optimize the process of learning Russian grammar. The case features functional and auxiliary words. However, the method is universal and can be applied to other lexical and grammatical categories.