ISSUES OF FORMING FEELINGS OF LOVE FOR THE HOMELAND IN STUDENTS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS

Instilling love for the homeland in students remains a crucial element of national and moral education in modern pedagogical practice. However, achieving this objective in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom presents multiple challenges. Russian language lessons, which often focus on grammar and literature, offer a valuable but underutilized platform for nurturing patriotic feelings. This article explores the core difficulties educators face in fostering genuine emotional attachment to the homeland during language instruction. Among the challenges discussed are students’ emotional disengagement, fragmented cultural identity, overly formal curricula, and a lack of teacher preparedness for value-based teaching. The article proposes pedagogical strategies to overcome these barriers, highlighting the need for affective teaching methods, narrative-based instruction, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Through a combination of psychological insights, pedagogical theory, and classroom practice, this paper contributes to a better understanding of how language education can support the holistic development of national consciousness.