Song and poem as a methodical tool of teaching the Chinese language

The problem of using songs and poems in the process of teaching phonetics, vocabulary and grammar of the Chinese language is examined in the article. With the rise of China in the international arena more and more people believe that learning Chinese has a great development potential and prospect. The number of Chinese learners had increased, improving the teaching methods and technics in Chinese classrooms. Songs and poetry are the most accessible forms of art in people's daily life, as they are closely related to language. Chinese itself has significant musicality in terms of tones, streams and phonemes. Thereby the use of Chinese songs as a tool to enrich Chinese classroom teaching forms is already supported by theories and practices, but still requires further research. The existence of this concept is very important not only for certain language skills, but also for comprehensive assimilation with cultural and aesthetic properties. In the article there is analyze of educational literature of Chinese and Russian authors. One such study guide is the «学唱中国歌» - textbook, written by Yu Peng and Jiao Yu Mei. In article there is survey of foreign and Russian students studying at the Northeast Normal University of Changchun is conducted to identify the main problems of using song and poetic materials in a Chinese language lesson.