TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: METHODS OF ORGANIZING A CONVERSATION CLUB

Abstract

The article describes stages of a lesson plan, methods and techniques of work that motivate students to engage in active speech interaction. The difficulties and opportunities of working in multiethnic groups are analyzed. The purpose of this research is to develop and test methods for organizing extracurricular activities in the conversation club format as a means of improving the intercultural communication skills of international students of technical profiles. The novelty lies in the detailed description of methodological tools that take into account the balance of universal and culture-specific elements of classes. The approbation of the developed methodology has shown its effectiveness in creating an inclusive (in the broadest sense of the word) educational environment. The practical significance is determined by the possibility of introducing the presented scenarios of classes into the educational process of universities. Based on the results of the study, it is found that the conversation club forms a space for an equal dialogue of cultures, where participants act simultaneously as carriers and recipients of cultural values. The absence of rigid frameworks promotes the establishment of horizontal communication links between representatives of different ethnic groups. Such environment creates prerequisites for mutual recognition of the cultural identity of all participants.