Keyword: «russian as a foreign language»

The relevance of the study is due to the search for forms and means of effective teaching the Russian language to foreigners. On the example of working with Chinese undergraduates shows the role of teaching methods of the discipline Russian as foreign (RAF) as an interdisciplinary science in the development of not only general cultural, but professional competence of future foreign Russianists, as well as the place of Russian literature in the in the RAF training system.

The article emphasizes the need to take into account the modern conditions of teaching Russian as a foreign language: migration processes, active intercultural interaction, strengthening the visualization of culture and social life, etc. The author notes the importance of a reasonable combination of traditional and modern principles of teaching Russian as a foreign language with an emphasis on the communicative and activity approach, which assumes the maximum orientation of training to communication, to the formation of the necessary level of competence in the field of speech behavior in different communicative situations. The article considers in detail the principle of pragmatic relevance of training, which consists in matching the educational material to the psychophysiological features, social and professional needs of students.

The article is dedicated to the topical problem of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a distance format. It focuses on practical experience of using some Internet resources for teaching Russian as a foreign language in a distance format. In particular, the article touches upon the project called ‘United Bank of the Most Perspective Russian and Foreign Innovative Studies on Saving, Improving and Developing of the Russian Language and Culture’ and upon some mobile applications for foreigners who study Russian.

Speaking training is a task that is solved throughout the study of a foreign language. The authors of the article share their experience in organizing a class aimed at developing the ability of students to speak as part of the study of the Russian language as a foreign language in the conditions of the preparatory department. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of various kinds of diagrams, tables that contribute to the development of the ability to see the main semantic segments of the text and then produce a logically built statement based on them. Examples of tasks are given.

The article deals with techniques for working with tropesduring teaching Russian as a foreign language. Stepwise introduction of figurative meanings of wordsis considered into the lexicon of a foreign student. The analysis of visual and expressive lexical means is given on the example of the text of landscape lyrics, their functional connection is determined with the idea of the poem. The influence of foreign student’s assimilation of secondary meanings of wordsis actualized on their cultural outlook.