THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL MENTALITY IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a comparative analysis of features of the national mentality and the proof of the importance of taking them into account in order to achieve the effective results in teaching Russian to Chinese students. The author of the article believes that when learning a foreign language, not only the national culture of this language is assimilated, but also everything related to a specific person who is its native speaker. It is proved that a native speaker of a particular language should be considered as a representative of a specific ethnic community, positioning the features of the national mentality, on which spiritual and psychological features of the national character and established ethnic stereotypes of communicative behaviour are formed.