Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language in an International Classroom

Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of approaches, methods, and techniques for teaching Russian to speakers of other languages and describes the methodology used in the framework of the course Business Russian for students of international business management studies. These students study in an international learning environment and have diverse cultural and educational backgrounds. They are highly motivated to learn a foreign language to be prepared for international business, which is multicultural and multilingual. The chapter illustrates how students acquire knowledge of beginner's Business Russian. The method of inductive learning based on Kolb's theory of experiential learning as well as the communicative method were applied to provide students with the best present-day experience of learning Russian as a foreign language. Multicultural teaching models were considered to create an inclusive learning environment for students from different backgrounds.