NATIONAL AND CULTURAL COMPONENT IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article is devoted to the analysis of the socio-cultural aspect in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The authors consider the significance of the socio-cultural component in the structure of foreign language communicative and intercultural competences in teaching a foreign language, emphasizing the importance of developing socio-cultural competence in foreign students. The article describes fragments of lessons and types of tasks aimed at working with the socio-cultural component in the process of teaching Russian at a medical university.