The VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern technologies in teaching Russian as a foreign language" was held at the OrGMU

Russians Russian Language Department traditionally gathers its colleagues and like-minded people working in Russia and abroad in the last days of October to discuss the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language (RKI) and share experiences in using new technologies. The geography of the conference this year covered such countries as Vietnam, China, India, Belarus, Kazakhstan and others.

One of the central issues of the conference was the specifics of teaching Russian as a foreign language in modern conditions. A lively discussion among the participants was caused by the report of the Russian Language Department of the OrGMU on the role of linguistic commentary in teaching Russian language.

Colleagues from Astrakhan State Medical University also presented their experience: they talked about teaching Russian to students of medical universities and shared the practice of using a cross-disciplinary approach in working with foreign medical students.

More classical approaches to teaching foreign students were also considered: an educational excursion (OrGMU), as well as the use of speech therapy techniques in teaching Russian phonetics to Indian students (the experience of Omsk State Medical University).

The use of modern technologies in the educational process was actively discussed: digital platforms, artificial intelligence, interactive constructors and multimedia resources. Russian Russian Language Department reports on the use of the neural network as an assistant in the study of Russian phraseological units and on teaching the case category based on digital platforms received the greatest response from the audience.

For the first time, the conference program used the format of a flash session - presentations lasting up to five minutes, entirely devoted to practical solutions. Russian Russian language teaching through Russian literature Despite the concise format, the topics turned out to be wide: gamification, digital tools in RCT teaching, and teaching the Russian language through Russian literature.