The Role of the Theoretical Course "Russian Language: Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax" in the System of Education of Russian Language Specialists in Foreign Universities
The present work deals with the concept of the course of Russian Linguistics and its role in the formation of the theoretical knowledge and language competence of humanities students in foreign universities. The author defines the special place of the certain course in the system of education of philologists and interlingual communication specialists in the field of Russian language. The relevance of the certain course to be taught in Russian and not in the mother tongue of the students is also proved. Hence there exists a demand for special programs and textbooks addressed to this audience which take into account the level of Russian language competence of the students and use the methods of comparative linguistics. An example of such textbook published recently by the author in collaboration with the instructor of the Novosibirsk State University T. Zavorina and successfully tested on the Department of Russian Language and Literature and Slavic Studies of the University of Athens is presented.