METHODS OF USING VR IN ORGANIZING CLASSES IN RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN MULTICULTURAL GROUPS

Abstract

The article describes the method of organization of classes in Russian as a foreign language (RFL) in multicultural groups using VR-technologies. Modern educational process, organized by penetration of information and communication technologies and conditioned by interaction with these technologies. Because of its high practical focus, it cannot help but mediate the technology of virtual reality, which is to ensure the maximum immersion into reality and its simulation. The article describes the possibilities of application of this technology in the framework of classes in RCTs at the university level at various stages of study (from the level of the preparatory faculty to the main educational programs) developed and tested in the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. The methodical principles of preparation for such classes, variants of application of VR-technologies during the educational process, as well as their methodical and educational potential are described. Approbation of the material presented in the article allows us to conclude that teaching students using VR contributes to more effective immersion in the language environment, contributes to the development of skills of selection and presentation of materials in Russian, as well as communication in various communicative situations, the growth of dynamism and variability of the educational process, the formation of socio-cultural competence.