POTENTIAL OF VR-TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATION IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of using VR-technologies in the educational process. At the present stage of development of technologies of virtual reality in the educational process provides new opportunities for learning. The article formulates approaches to teaching Russian as a foreign language (RKI) at the university level at various stages of study, developed and tested at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Various variants of application of VR-technologies in the educational process, as well as their methodological and educational potential are described. The presented material allows to conclude that the training of students using virtual reality technologies contributes to a more effective immersion in the language environment, allows to develop communication skills in various communication situations (listening and speaking)makes it possible to increase the dynamism and variability of the educational process, facilitates the process of adaptation of foreign students to the Russian educational environment, forms socio-cultural competence, stimulates students’ interest in learning Russian language and culture both within the framework of classroom and extracurricular work.