INFORMAL ASSOCIATIONSOF FOREIGN STUDENTS OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES AS A FACTOR IN THEIR SOCIAL ADAPTATION
The article describes the experience of functioning of informal associations of foreign students on the example of Penza State University. The author describes the personality characteristics of foreign students, which impede their social adaptation. An important means of such adaptation is a culturally-sensitive counseling. It gives a possibility to account national and cultural traditions and contribute to more successful intercultural communication.