Innovative Approaches to Training Specialists in the Russian Language in China

Abstract

The article is devoted to some current issues about teaching various disciplines within Russian Studies in Chinese universities. This article discusses the problem of “aphasia of Chinese culture” typical of the corresponding education system and its possible solutions. Particular attention is paid to the ongoing transition from the principle of unilateral communication adopted in the historically established didactic model (“in Russian – only about Russia and Russian culture”) to the principle of bilateral communication (“in Russian – about both Russia and China; and about both Russian and Chinese cultures”). The authors analyze the main ideas contained in the new regulations of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China aimed at improving the Chinese system of Higher Education in the field of Russian Studies.

Keywords

• chinese students
• russian as a foreign language
• methods of teaching russian
• methods of teaching russian at higher school
• chinese universities
• chinese russian studies
• discursive potential
• training specialists
• chinese culture
• innovation.