Keyword: «regional studies»

The article discusses the features of the linguistic and cultural approach in teaching a foreign language. The implementation of the linguistic and cultural approach in the classroom of a foreign language stimulates interest in its study among students, helps to broaden their horizons and motivates them to further self-study.

The article deals with aspects of text work at the lessons of regional studies and Russian as a foreign language, which are tools for foreign students` socio-cultural adapting. The author exposes the educational material about the disease and the city in which a foreigner is studying as a necessary element of socio-cultural adaptation. We describe the experience of guide development of regional studies, aimed at forming regional communicative competence. An example of text analysis containing the regional study information is given.

The article discusses the introduction the regional studies materials into the course of Russian as a foreign language and reveals the importance of this information for improving students level cultureand the success of their mastering this discipline.