Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University (BSPU) is located in Blagoveschensk, the administrative center of the Amur Oblast. The city of Blagoveschensk was founded in 1856 and is one of the most important administrative, cultural, scientific, and industrial centers of the Russian Far East region; with more than 220,000 inhabitants. Blagoveschensk is often called “The Gate to China” for its unique location on the border with China. The Chinese city Heihe is located directly across the river Amur, and many Chinese companies work in the Amur region in the timber industry, agriculture, construction, and tourism.
Še article focuses on the linguistic urban landscape and commemorative texts of memorial plaques as its active constituents. Še research deals with commemorative practices that use urban toponyms. Še paper analyzes memorial plaques dedicated tothe urban locations and related historical events since the choice of a certain historical event and linguistic means of representation reveal what values and attitudes are communicated and which models of socially expected behavior are cultivated by social agents. Še empirical data for the study comes from the o£cial text corpus of memorial plaques available on the Moscow government open data portal. Še research techniques involve content analysis of the memorial plaques texts with AntConc so‹ware to calculate word frequencies and analyze their contexts. Še paper reveals that when describing the locations of urban space, the emphasis is o‹en laid on their architectural or historical exclusivity, while the narrative of historic events is distinguished by emotivelexical units and time markers. Special attention is paid to how the verbal and non-verbal elements of the commemorative plaques act in unity, enhancing the emotional impact on the collective addressee of urban communication and representing the interpretation of the collective past of the nation. It is concluded that memorial plaques, as products of commemorative discursive practices, convey the values the certain time period and make the linguistic landscape of urban space more diverse, opening up new perspectives for the study of urban communication. Keywords: collective memory, commemorative practices, linguistic landscape, memorial plaques, multimodal text, urban discourse.
The article examines the distinctive features of the structure and architectonics of the novel "The Rear-Front" 1958–1963) by the Amur writer A.A. Golovin. The multi-level system of textual division within the work is analysed: its partition into books, parts, chapters, numbered subchapters, and episodes. It is demonstrated that the external compositional complexity of the novel is subordinated to a deep ideological and conceptual framework – its architectonics.
Še article highlights the problem of the evolution of the image of the “other” in the literature on the Far East in the second half of the 19th century. In the works of N.M. Przhevalsky, A. Eliseev, D.I. Shreider, A.Ya. Maksimov, dedicated to the development of the Ussuri region, the frontier issue determined the motif of “otherness”. In the artistic and journalistic discourse, which is represented both at the chronotopic level and at the level of the system of characters — subjects of the frontier, among whom the dominant types of “others” are not only foreigners, but also Russians from among the settlers and convicts. Še author of the article attempts to determine, in the problematic and genre aspect, the speciŽcs of the representation of the category of “otherness” in the system of characters in frontier literature, as well as to identify the vectors of the artistic evolution of character types related to the “other” type. Keywords: intercultural communication, intercultural dialogue, image of the Chinese in literature, artistic discourse, foreign cultural character
The article examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT on teaching writing in foreign language education. While offering benefits such as personalized feedback and content generation, AI poses significant challenges to academic integrity, student autonomy, and the development of critical thinking skills. The study analyzes the rise of AI-plagiarism and the potential devaluation of writing as a cognitive skill. Arguing against prohibition, it advocates for the controlled and ethical integration of AI into the curriculum. Methodological recommendations are provided, including the revision of assessment formats and the promotion of process-oriented writing.
The article is devoted to B. Mashuk’s short story "Bitter Pancakes", which is part of the autobiographical cycle of the same name. The work is presented from a methodological perspective. The lesson plan is designed for sixth-grade students and implements the method of mock-up 1 Научный руководитель – Татьяна Евгеньевна Смыковская, д-р филол. наук, проф. каф. рус. языка и литературы ФГБОУ ВО «БГПУ», tarkatova@yahoo.com 193 194 design in teaching literature. Additionally, the lesson plan includes interactive elements that aim to enhance students’ creativity and emotional understanding of the story.
