natalya maksimenko, how long have you been working towards this, preparing for this competition?i did not immediately decide to participate in this competition, i found out about it. back in the fall , but i didn’t immediately decide to submit my work to the competition, well, because it seemed to me that everything was probably not quite ready, but gradually the idea was there and i decided to submit it literally in the last days, fortunately i managed to win, so it’s probably always worth it taking part in such competitions is interesting and interesting, and i was very lucky that i was among the best. tell us about the school where you teach, about the main principles that guide you? they study this language with great pleasure, since it is a second language, but the children are interested in how they use it, attend russian language lessons, and of course they are interested in new, well, how can i say, new trends in the language, we still read new literature. works that are being created, we read fairy tales, stories by modern authors, i probably have this quote in life: if