The role of colour coding of educational materials when studying grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language by foreign students

• Published in: Review of education (Oxford) 2022-04, Vol.10 (1), p.n/a
• Main Authors: Zavaruieva, Inna, Bondarenko, Larysa, Fedko, Olha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cognitive Processes; Color; colour coding method; colour symbolism; Foreign Students; Grammar; grammatical forms; Instructional Materials; nonverbal learning tools; Second Language Learning; Ukrainian; Ukrainian as a foreign language; Visual Aids
• ISSN: 2049-6613; 2049-6613
• DOI: 10.1002/rev3.3312

The paper considers the practical experience of creating educational visual materials on the Ukrainian language as a foreign language using innovative technologies, namely, the specifics of the role and place of colour and colour symbols as a code sign during the assimilation of new educational information. This study employed the following theoretical methods—analysis, systematisation and generalisation of modern research; empirical methods—experimental work; statistical methods—qualitative and quantitative processing of the results of empirical research; systematisation and correlation of the results of empirical research in accordance with the values of the case paradigm of the Ukrainian language. It was established that colour can affect not only a person’s emotions and behaviour, but also cognitive processes, thinking and memory. Upon recollecting information, a person reproduces events and focuses on everything associated with them. Within the framework of this study, the authors have identified the role of the influence of colour on the activation and mobilisation of students’ attention and memory, found ways to learn grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language using a generalising colour table. The authors proved that studying grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language using the colour coding method improves awareness and reproduction of educational information. Context and implications Rationale for this study The process of Eurointegration in Ukraine has an impact on all spheres of life, in particular on the educational system, where significant changes related to the optimisation of technologies, forms and means of teaching, improving the ways of motivating the assimilation of the necessary information are taking place. The quality of international students teaching and its effectiveness need to be improved. The solution to the problem of the effectiveness of the educational materials lies in the harmonious combination of structured content and cognitively oriented design. This paper considers the practical experience of creating educational materials on the Ukrainian language as a foreign language using innovative technologies such as the specifics of the role and place of colour and colour symbols as a code sign in the assimilation of new educational information. Why the new findings matter In the study, it was found that colour can affect cognitive processes, thinking and memory of a person, and the role of the colour influence on