ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING METHODS IN THE SUBJECTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY PREPARATION COURSE BY THE EXAMPLE OF GEOGRAPHY
The article is devoted to the problems of teaching core subjects to foreign students of the university preparation course in Russian that is not native to the students. The article focuses on the need to train, first of all, Russian language skills, rather than knowledge of the subject. It also concerns the mental overload of the learners studying core subjects on different methods of different teachers, and the quantitative and qualitative level of the groups of foreign students, in which the subject is taught. General difficulties in mastering subjects by foreigners and features of studying Geography are also given. Game techniques during lessons are offered to implement in order to pass the psychological barriers and start using the Russian language by foreign students. Including of the game elements to the educational process at different stages of learning makes it creative, and make students start thinking creatively, freely.