Features of national language mentality. Typologically far languages and training problems

• Main Author: N M Kraevskaya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2009-12-01
• Series: Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices
• Subjects: Language picture of the world; mentality; foreign language studying; Russian in Vietnam; difficulties of studying of Russian
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/2010/1483

Nowdays the increasing attention is given to studying of foreign languages in connection with a native language of the student. In the course of Russian studying the Vietnamese students get acquainted with features of Russian language consciousness and Russian language picture of the world, is considerable different from their own. In this article the author lists the facts of similarities and distinctions, many of which cause difficulties in the process of studying Russian.