COMBINATION OF INTERACTIVE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF DISTANCE LEARNING WITH A COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The article discusses the use of interactive methods and technologies of distance learning for the development of communicative competencies in the study of Russian as a foreign language; the educational opportunities of distance learning are analyzed. The issues of integration of this type of teaching foreign languages in higher education institutions are considered, educational opportunities of Internet resources are presented on the example of studying Russian as a foreign language. The conceptual provisions of communicative approaches to distance learning are described. The paper analyzes the basic requirements that must be observed in the development of distance learning methodology for the course “Russian as a foreign language”. It has been established that the advantage of distance learning resources lies in the fact that the teacher, if necessary, can make additions and changes to its content, and printed publications, unlike electronic resources, cannot be corrected during the educational process. It has been proved that the use of a distance learning system while teaching Russian as a foreign language is a big breakthrough in teaching foreign students who are unable to attend classrooms for good reasons and gain knowledge in the traditional way.