Development of auditory skills among foreign military personnel at the stage of pre-university training

the article considers listening as one of the most important aspects of the formation of speech skills among foreign military personnel. The preparatory course at a military university is an important stage in the general system of vocational education. It is especially important for foreign students to master auditory skills, since in the basic courses, cadets will have to perceive and assimilate lecture material of special subjects in Russian. In addition, the relevance of mastering this type of speech activity is related to the psychological and social adaptation of foreign military personnel to the new living and learning conditions in Russia. This issue is especially important for multinational groups, as there is a need to remove language and cultural barriers between students from different countries. Continuous improvement of methods and techniques of teaching listening, taking into account the possibilities of information technology tools, requires the creation of new electronic educational publications. At the present stage of education, the use of electronic teaching aids is relevant. The purpose of this study is to develop recommendations on the use of the electronic textbook «Reading and speaking Russian» in Russian language classes as a foreign language in order to develop and improve speech skills at the stage of pre-university training. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the structure, content and types of educational material of this manual, focused on the development of auditory skills. In accordance with the set goal, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: - to reveal the features of listening as a type of speech activity from the point of view of modern methods of teaching a foreign language; - to describe practical experience and analyze the content of the electronic textbook «Reading and speaking Russian» in terms of the possibility of developing auditory skills; - to reveal the advantages of using an electronic textbook in the process of developing auditory skills. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the need to find new rational ways of teaching listening in Russian language classes as a foreign language, taking into account the specifics of a military university. The article substantiates the position that the development of interactive learning tools, including electronic textbooks and manuals, is one of the significant means of achieving this goal.

Russian as a foreign language, listening, auditory skill, speech activity, speech skills, electronic textbook