HOW DO IRANIAN BUSINESSMEN LEARN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE?

Abstract

The article examines features of teaching the Russian language in the field of business, the prospects for studying the Russian language in Iran. Particular attention within the framework of the article is paid to an analysis of the already existing Iranian textbooks for the study of Russian as a foreign language, in order to highlight their advantages and disadvantages, to identify possible areas of development and growth that could be taken into account by Iranian linguists and methodologists in the future. The article analyzes some of the socio-cultural differences between Iranian and Russian speech traditions characteristic of business communication, oral and written. Particular attention is paid to “Taarof” system for the expression of etiquette, both in written and oral speech, adopted by the Iranians. The presented article allows drawing conclusions about the need to revise the traditional methods of teaching business Russian for Iranian students.