"Russian Cultural Archetype": the Conception of Author’s Special Course for Foreign Students
The article covers the issues of teaching foreign students and forming their intercultural communicative competence. A special training course is offered as a means of forming intercultural competence of foreign students. The course is based on videos of Russian fairy tales and legends and on Russian fixed expressions representing basic values and moral canons of Russian culture. The subject matter and methodological content of this course are focused on the development of cultural, language, and linguistic competencies of students. The author presents the structure of the course, educational material which is used in the classroom, the system of work with this material and some results of its testing. The course is recommended for foreign students and trainees with B1 and B2 language proficiency levels.