THE CURRENT TRENDS IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY

Abstract

The current approach to teaching Russian as a foreign language (RFL) is multifaceted and can be broken down into several distinct areas. The aim of this work is to determine the most pertinent directions in the RFL teaching methodology over the previous five years, based on the content analysis elements. The study's significance rests in pinpointing the primary paradigmatic principles governing this field of study at this point in its evolution. The analysis led to the identification of 1969 mentions of the examined units of analysis in 10 major developments in RCT techniques during the previous five years. The framework of the conceptual (27 percent of total mentions), professionally oriented (15 percent), and linguistic (10 percent) directions revealed the highest number of references to units of analysis