On the Issue of Optimization of the Russian Language Study in a Foreign Audience

Abstract

When studying vocabulary of the modern Russian language foreigners must take into account its peculiarities, namely division of vocabulary into thematic groups and the possibility of the word transition into the other thematic groups with the acquisition of new connotations in the development of new denotative meanings. Practicing this kind of linguistic units in specific speech situations requires more efforts, those who study the language can face the connotative confusion. The authors of the article attempt to show the methodological possibilities of presentation of the linguistic material in a certain way, focusing on the description of semantic-forming models (word formation models), giving examples of the use of words in figurative meanings, indicating conformity of components of such models in Russian and French. This approach will allow teachers to restructure the system of vocabulary presentation, as well as to make the didactic material more expressive.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p273