Teaching Reading Skills to Foreign Non Philology Students Using Internet Resources during Pre University Training
The search for innovative solutions in teaching Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) is more imperative and important in the 21st century, the Information Age, than ever. Students' needs are what defines the goals and objectives of RFL teaching. The main aim pursued by non philology students is to obtain professional knowledge in a foreign language. This is why RFL teachers have to respond to a number of new challenges, one of them being the early introduction of new technologies into the learning process and the creation of new teaching approaches and methods enabling teachers to beat off fierce competition while maintaining Russian education at an appropriate level. This study aims to provide a scientific foundation for and to test a pattern of using Internet resources when teaching Russian reading skills to foreign non philology students during preuniversity training. The theoretical, empirical, sociological and pedagogical methods were used to address the need for computer assisted instruction of non philology students. Using Internet resources RESUMEN: La busqueda de soluciones innovadoras en la ensenanza del ruso como lengua extranjera (RFL) es mas imperativa e importante en el siglo XXI, la era de la informacion, que nunca. Las necesidades de los estudiantes son lo que define las metas y objetivos de la ensenanza de RFL. El objetivo principal perseguido por los estudiantes no filologicos es obtener conocimiento profesional en un idioma extranjero. Esta es la razon por la cual los docentes de RFL deben responder a una serie de nuevos desafios, uno de ellos es la introduccion temprana de nuevas tecnologias en el proceso de aprendizaje y la creacion de nuevos enfoques y metodos de ensenanza que permitan a los profesores superar la feroz competencia mientras mantienen la educacion rusa en un nivel apropiado. Este estudio tiene como objetivo proporcionar una base cientifica y poner a prueba un patron de uso de los recursos de Internet al ensenar las habilidades de lectura de Rusia a los estudiantes extranjeros no filologicos durante la formacion preuniversitaria. Los metodos teoricos, empiricos, helps students to achieve greater efficiency in their independent work within a restricted timeframe (the creation of a full fledged language environment in an RFL class, quick and easy access to information, a means of communication with native speakers, etc.