VARIANTS AND VERSIONS OF INTENSIVE METHODS IN THE THEORY OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article considers the pedagogical background, psychological and pedagogical nature, and methodical potential and peculiarities of various variants and versions of intensive methods of the foreign language teaching in the educational institutions of Russia. This is carried out as far as a scope of the article makes it possible. The subject of a special concern in the article is characteristic features of various classificational groups and subgroups of the sum total of different varieties and versions of intensive teaching methods, different degrees of frequency of their application in today’s teaching activity. The authors of the article also consider their actual resources for particular aspects of language instruction, where a potential of each variant of intensive methods is brought about most comprehensively.