Сөздікпен жұмыс. 3 мин. Listening to the text. Текстті тыңдау. Listen to the text (текстті тыңдау, аудару) Abai Kunanbaev Abai was a great Kazakh poet, musician and writer. He was born in Abai settlement near the city of Semei. His father Kunanbai was very strict. But his mother Ulzhan and grandmother Zere were kind, warm-hearted and good-natured people. They were good story-tellers, too. They told little Abai a lot of interesting stories, tales and legends of Kazakh people. Abai went to a religious school at thew age of 9. But when he was 13 he began to learn Russian and entered the Russian school in Semei. He liked to read books of great Russian poets and writers: Pushkin, Lermontov, Krylov. Later Abai translated their works into Kazakh and wrote a lotof masterpieces of literature. His poetry is very popular nowadays. The Words of Abai have been translated into many foreign languages. Abai Kunanbaev died in 1904. Kazakh people are proud of their great poet. He is well-known all over the world. Work with the text in a group. Топпен жұмыс. 6 мин. Exercise 2. Answer the questions: 1. What is Abai Kunanbaev famous for? 2. When and where was he born? 3. Who were his parents? 4. Who acquainted him with tales and legends of Kazakh people? 5. When did Abai go to school and what did he learn there? 6.What impression did the Russian writers make on him? 7. What poems written by Abai do you know? 8. What makes Abai so very much popular with people all over the world? |