E - Learning Manual on RCT as an Educational Resource and a Factor of Language Adaptation of Foreigners in a Russian City and University

Abstract

The article outlines the principles and methods of presentation of educational material, content features and prospects for using such a resource as an electronic textbook in the practice of teaching foreigners focused on obtaining higher education in Siberian universities. The publication demonstrates the advantages of an electronic textbook that combines the academism of traditional (habitual) ways of organizing content with the efficiency and accessibility of modern information and communication technologies, since the latest methods of presenting material significantly expand the didactic potential of an electronic textbook, making it an effective means of forming the communicative competence of students. The article contains descriptions of the specifics of the materials that formed the basis of the electronic manual, examples of texts and assignments that form individual competencies and the first certification level of language proficiency in general, as well as indications of the prospects for using such educational resources in teaching practice. Despite the fact that the presented manual is aimed at foreigners studying at a specific Tyumen university, the resource can be useful for teachers of RFL in other cities and even abroad, since it introduces the realities of life in Russia from the angle of intercultural dialogue and the idea of comfortable language adaptation using computer technologies.