THE USE OF LINGUOCULTURAL LACUNAS IN TEACHING THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TO CHINESE STUDENTS (BASED ON THE FILM “LOVELESS” BY A. ZVYAGINTSEV)
The article proposes a methodology for teaching Russian to Chinese students by means of using linguocultural lacunas in the perception of A. Zvyagintsev’s film, “Loveless”. The authors present an analysis of the study, in which the extent and nature of the differences in understanding the film were revealed, in order to identify the core areas that require attention when organising a course of Russian as a foreign language with a linguoculturological approach. The outcomes suggest that the difference in the perception and understanding of the Russian film is due to the difference in the essence of the fundamental concepts of Russian and Chinese culture that are reflected in the film, i. e. “family”, “love” and “loveless”.