Ethnic pedagogization of teaching and educational process university (a case study of German people’s fairy tales)

The ideas of integrating the ethnic value-normative system have become relevant to development of a modern innovative mechanism for creating an educational environment. Folk tales can serve as a guide to the ethnic value-normative system of a particular nation. Ethnoeducational and ethnodidactic functions of fairy tales are based on such characteristics as nationality, optimism, fascination of the plot, imagery and amusement. The article justifies the didactic potential of the plot and composition structures of fairy tales (orientation of the younger generation to overcoming any difficulties during the life course). Representation of the evil spirit in the tales of the Grimm Brothers is studied. Culture-bound terms are isolated from the communicatively oriented context and correlated with the dictionary-reference equivalent. We have emphasized linguocultural components, described the devil's character, represented the space of devil's interaction with people. The elements of the character’s positive connotation (intellect and wit, respect for promises, demonstration of love and care for relatives, etc.) enable us to better understand the value-normative system of the German people. This material can be used in training of future foreign language teachers in order to let them comprehend and accept the linguistic and ethnoeducational heritage of both their native country and the country of the language they study.