On improving strategies of language training and improving the quality of teaching foreign languages and Russian as a foreign language

This article is devoted to the review of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "From Traditions to Innovations in Teaching Foreign Languages", which has been regularly held at St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU) since 2016. The analysis of both presentations at the conference and scientific articles in conference proceedings published as the results of the conference is presented. The collections of research papers published in 2019 and 2021 are analyzed in most detail. The author introduces readers to new areas of research in the field of foreign language teaching methods at the university, priority topics and practical results presented by the participants of this conference. The expanding geography of participants is noted, the data are systematized on issues of interest to scientists looking for solutions to problems in the field of teaching foreign languages and Russian as a foreign language in technical universities. An overview of topics in the focus of special interests of young researchers is given, including the interdisciplinary integration of speech science disciplines in a technical university, the linguodidactic potential of modern technologies, and professionally oriented education. The author gives examples of the proposed contemporary solutions to important methodological problems, intensification and optimization of teaching foreign languages and Russian as a foreign language.