GENESIS OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TO TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The current study examines the historical development of the ethnoorinted approach to foreign language teaching as one of the development frameworks of contemporary methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language. This approach enables educators to identify and apply the most efficient methods of teaching the Russian language to specific groups of students, depending on their nationality. Special attention is given to the concept of the ethnooriented teaching model as the central notion of the ethnooriented approach. The study defines this term and outlines the invariant principles in ethnooriented models constructed for different student groups. The author concludes that developing and adopting an ethnolooriented approach to teaching the Russian language is promising as it aligns with contemporary foreign language teaching principles, including consistency, communicative orientation, consideration of students' psychological characteristics, and individualized learning.