Teaching communicative reading to foreign students at the stage of pre-master training

This paper deals with the peculiarities of teaching communicative reading to foreign students in Russian as a foreign language course at the stage of pre-master training. The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that the ability to speak a foreign language is the key to successful communication with a native speaker. The information obtained when reading in a foreign language allows you to expand your statement, make it more meaningful and interesting. When working with this type of reading, the work should be done interactively: it is necessary to constantly involve students in the discussion, encourage them to ask questions in case of ambiguities and express their opinions. Thus, not only the communicative competence will be formed, but also the degree of understanding the Russian language. When teaching communicative reading, it is necessary we divide the lesson into 3 stages: pretext, textual and after-text tasks. Each of the stages plays an important role in learning. In the framework of practical activities, a system of tasks for the formation of communication skills in the process of learning communicative reading was developed. The tasks are focused on the basic level and are intended for bachelor students preparing to enroll in master programs. This system focuses on the lexical and grammatical aspects of speech to enhance the students' communicative activities. Due to the fact that one of the important aspects in teaching Russian as a foreign language is building linguistic and cultural competence, the tasks were built on the basis of texts on the history of St. Petersburg. These tasks are aimed at checking the reading comprehension, the formation of speech competence, the accumulation of knowledge on the culture and traditions of Russia. Grammar tasks will allow to repeat the language material studied in the framework of the main course.