Positive transfer in teaching Russian to Serbs
The article examines some phenomena in the Russian grammar and lexis that the foreign students usually find difficult to master. The difficulties can be easily overcome, even on the very early stages of training, with the help of a specially adapted method that aims at the Serbian students and the use of positive transfer when needed. Such comparative method not only helps Serbs to master Russian, but also Russian students who display interest to study the language and culture of a friendly Slavic country of Serbia.