THE CONCEPT OF “LEARNER'S RUSSIAN-CHINESE DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS TERMS”

The article describes the basic principles of compiling the “Learner’s Russian-Chinese Dictionary of Business Terms” and substantiates its relevance in modern conditions, when China is Russia’s main business partner. The author examines the features of a learner’s dictionary as a special lexicographic genre that simultaneously performs reference, systematizing and educational functions, and the implementation of these functions in a bilingual dictionary. Special attention is paid to the use of the dictionary as a means of teaching the professional Russian terminology to Chinese students of the economics faculties of universities. The use of the learner’s Russian-Chinese dictionary of business terms in practical classes on the Russian language and culture of speech with Chinese students at the Faculty of Economics of Moscow University has proven its effectiveness. The learner’s terminology dictionary promotes systematic acquisition of business terms and formation of communicative competence of the Chinese students in the Russian-language professional sphere.