Linguodidactic Potential of the Concept of “City” in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of a fragment of the Russian linguistic picture of the world associated with the phenomenon of “city”, as well as the problem of the formation of ideas about modern Russian cities in the minds of foreigners studying Russian. The aim of the work is to reconstruct the frame model of the concept “city”, as well as to identify the linguocultural, lexical and grammatical resources of this concept. The use of cognitive structures in creating the image of a city demonstrates the possibility of applying the methods of cognitive linguistics in didactics. The author focuses on knowledge and ideas related to the concept of “city”, which are reflected in the texts of textbooks on Russian as a foreign language. The study of fragments of the Russian linguistic picture of the world contributes to the formation of linguistic-cultural and socio-cultural competencies of students.