At the faculty of foreign languages at Thainguyen University, in the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language, the need arises to use the model of innovative learning technology of flipped classroom in combination with a traditional class to activate students and to achieve the goal of the lesson and keep discipline. The foreign language is taught for students from the elementary to the basic level during 180 hours of teaching classes with a large number of students (at least 30 people). In addition, flipped classroom technology is considered to be the way to increase the effectiveness of the traditional teaching method. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this method implementation in the teaching process at the faculty of foreign languages at Thainguyen University.