Teaching Russian to Cadets in the Military Universities in China

Abstract

The aim of the study is to present linguistic and cultural analysis of modern methods and practices used in the process of teaching Russian language to cadets in military universities of the People's Republic of China. The task of the work is to determine the requirements for teaching Russian language to cadets of military universities, to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the existing education system, as well as the difficulties that arise in the process of comprehending Russian language. The relevance of the research topic is dictated by the communication growth between Russia and China, which requires philologists with a good knowledge of Russian. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study presents a set of applied methods of logic, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction. It is determined that in the course of teaching Russian language, Chinese cadets of military universities comprehend it in two stages at the basic and advanced levels. It has been established that the main emphasis in the learning process is focused on practical and colloquial comprehension of Russian. It was revealed that in the learning process cadets have an apportunity to study the cultural diversity of Russia, which improves the quality of teaching Russian. It has been established that improving and expanding language skills are set as the tasks for cadets and students of Chinese military universities in order to increase the level of their competence. In particular, the skills of correct reading for understanding current news in Russian press prevail on the perception of complex popular science articles and fiction. In addition, they are to pay attention to listening activities to understand news on politics, diplomacy, economics and society in the media, such as, for example, radio, the Internet and television; understand audio materials, taking into account all the difficulties that arise, similar to ones they face studying the contents of a textbook.