The COVID-19 pandemic has made significant changes in the educational process in almost all countries of the world. The methods and approaches, techniques and technology that teachers used in offline learning, turned out to be ineffective. The issues related to online teaching of Russian as a foreign language have become particularly relevant, since many students had to leave Russia and study the language only online. The purpose of the study is to consider the prospects (immediate and long-term) of the Russian language online teaching to foreign students in Russian universities. The research materials are the results of a survey conducted among the 1st year master degree students, specialty 45.04.01 Russian as a Foreign Language of the Faculty of Philology of the RUDN University (Moscow), as well as the experience of the author, who teaches Russian to foreign students online on the TEIS (Telecommunication Educational and Informational System) and Microsoft Teams platforms. The study revealed the pros and cons of online learning of Russian as a foreign language, and showed the ways of improving its effectiveness in Russian universities. As a result of the conducted research, the immediate prospects are identified, which include the implementation of relevant components of pedagogical tools in Russian as a foreign language online learning: modern pedagogical technologies, the principles of individualization and differentiation, and the communicative approach. The long-term prospects concern teaching Russian to foreign students only in a mixed format. The formation of communicative competence, the lack of Russian-speaking environment, difficulties in organising control and developing students' writing skills are among the main problems that undermine the quality of teaching Russian as a foreign language online. It is concluded that in the future we should expect the implementation of a new approach in the world education system, since the pandemic will certainly affect the market of educational services all over the world.
The media are one of the significant factors that influence the formation of the world views of a particular person and the nation as a whole. Analysis of Russian-American relations from the 19th century up to nowadays makes it possible to judge the ambiguous attitude of Americans towards Russia through the media. The purpose of the article is to analyze the concept of Russia, its formation and transformation in the world views of modern American students on the basis of the frame approach. Various research methods (associative experiment, questionnaire, observation, complex, conceptual analysis, etc.) made it possible to distinguish two basic components of the Russia concept: Russia: before arrival and Russia: after arrival. In this connection, the content of the concept is different. Russia: after arrival consists of more metaphorical models and subframes than the concept Russia: Before Arrival. Such metaphor models as Russia - Religion, Russia - Food as well as the sub-frames physiological characteristics and mental characteristics included in the metaphor model Russia - The Man: anthropomorphic characteristics demonstrate the extension of the concept Russia: after arrival. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the concept of Russia: Before Arrival was formed under the influence of American media, whose main task was to cover mainly political events. The concept Russia: after arrival has changed: the study of the Russian language, as well as the familiarity of American students with the culture, history, traditions of the Russian people in the conditions of the Russian-speaking environment had a positive impact. The concept of Russia was rather a bright phenomenon filled with expressive, memorable traits and reflecting the American students persuasion that the two peoples separated by political contradictions have similarities and it is necessary to build the intercultural communication between the Russians and Americans in the multipolar world.
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