The Use of the Mnemonic Techniques and Retrieval Cues in the Process of Teaching Russian Language to Bilingual Students

Abstract

This article discusses the use of mnemonic techniques in teaching Russian as a foreign language to bilingual students in the polyethnic groups. A brief history of the mnemonic is described in the article, the modern mnemotechnics, that are used in teaching foreign languages, in particular Russian as a foreign language, are detailed in the work. The article also describes the experimental work carried out by the authors and its results on the mnemonic technics usage during the process of teaching Russian to the bilingual students in the international groups of the preparatory faculty in RUDN.

Keywords

• Russian as a foreign language
• mnemonic
• retrieval cues
• bilingual audience of students
• international audience