FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY AND THE WAYS TO OVERCOME IT IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO CHINESE STUDENTS

Abstract

The article conveys a concept of foreign language anxiety and its influence on the educational process of Chinese students studying Russian as a foreign language. The objective of the research is to consider difficulties that appear when teaching Russian to Chinese students outside of Russia and to suggest the ways to overcome them, taking into account psychological and methodological aspects. The following research methods are used: analysis, comparison, generalization and in-depth study of scientific pedagogical and psychological literature, observation and survey of students in order to identify real problems in studying Russian as a foreign language. The article provides a general description of a Chinese student in terms of approach to learning, highlights the main difficulties that Chinese students encounter when studying Russian outside the Russian-speaking environment, substantiates the influence of foreign language anxiety on the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language and suggests the ways to overcome these problems, illustrated by the experience of working with the students of Mudanjiang Normal University. The materials of this study can be used by teachers when teaching Russian as a foreign language in schools and universities to work with the Chinese audience in a extralinguistic environment.