DISTANCE LEARNING: HISTORICAL AND PRAGMATIC ASPECTS (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS AT THE PRE-UNIVERSITY STAGE OF TRAINING)
The article is devoted to the history of distance learning abroad and in Russia, as well as to the practical description of the process of organizing the study of Russian as a foreign language in the remote form of classes. The authors consider various options for organizing the educational process in an online format, identify the main difficulties that arise in the process of distance learning, and show solutions using various online resources: the social network Vkontakte, the Skype application, and Google tools. Special attention is paid to the positive and negative aspects associated with the use of this form of training when organizing work with foreign students at the pre-University stage of training.