Psychological adaptation of foreign students of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: in the context of overcoming linguistic anxiety

This article addresses one of the key challenges facing the teaching community: ensuring the full integration of foreign students into the educational process, despite the barrier of linguistic anxiety. Based on this, the article: first, presents a general understanding of linguistic anxiety and substantiates the importance of psychological adaptation of second-language speakers to the peculiarities of a new language environment; second, identifies specific scientific approaches to the classification, assessment, and consequences of linguistic anxiety; third, presents a perspective on the problem of linguistic anxiety in individuals, as reflected in the evaluative judgments of academics and the expert community; and fourth, identifies key strategies for psychological adaptation to overcome linguistic anxiety in foreign students, including those acceptable in educational institutions within the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The authors believe the issues examined will enable a more thorough approach to detailing the subject matter of linguistic anxiety in foreign students, which is relevant for further improving the educational process and sustainably leveraging the potential of this category of students to enhance their professional development. From a psychological perspective, the practical and scientific significance of the identified causes of linguistic anxiety is noted, and emphasis is placed on the importance of teaching staff mastering psychological skills to effectively utilize the mechanisms of psychological adaptation of foreign students to a set of new learning and professional conditions. The aim of the study is to substantiate the problem of linguistic anxiety in foreign students and to apply the obtained results in practice. This constitutes the novelty of the study. The methodological basis of the study is a systems approach. This paper presents theoretical information regarding the solution to the problem of overcoming linguistic anxiety in foreign students. The scope of application of the results is the theoretical perception of the problem of linguistic anxiety of foreign students and the practical implementation of individual psychological and didactic techniques that correspond to the general idea of improving the quality of education of foreign students studying in educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.