Russian As A Foreign Language Teacher’s Professional Culture In The Globalized World

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of formation professional culture of a teacher of Russian as a foreign language (further – RFL) in the globalized world. On analysing and generalizing relevant scientific materials the authors conclude that the professional culture of an RFL teacher is deeply connected with the trends actual for modern changing world. On analysing the changes of modern ideological sphere, the authors argue that modern world sees the increasing role of global culture. At the same time, we see the growing popularity of antiglobal ideas. The article points out that an RFL teacher does not have to be a professional ideologist, globalist or antiglobalist. But they have to bring up adequate modern people and so they have to understand all the nuances of modern civilization development.The article in terms of aspectology defines theoretical and practical aspects of teaching RFL. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that it defines the structure of the professional culture of an RFL teacher and shows the contents of each component of this structure. Among the theoretical aspects we see civilizational, ethnological, national, communicative, social and stratificational ones. The practical aspects include considering national education system, psychological traits of the students and mastering new technologies as a key quality of a professional in the global world.