CONSIDERATION OF DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE NATIVE LANGUAGE IN STUDYING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS FROM ARAB COUNTRIES

The article deals with the influence of the distinctive features of the native language in the course of the study of Russian as a foreign language by students from Arab countries. The interference, that is, the transfer of language units of all language levels (phonetics, vocabulary, morphology, syntax) of the native language to the target language, can be called a specific feature. Particular attention is paid to the difficulties the students face due to the lack of linguistic phenomena or mismatch between them (for example, the lack of certain sounds, mismatch of the lexical meaning of homonymic words and different sentence construction). In order to achieve the effectiveness of the educational process, it is necessary to study some methods and means that facilitate the mastering of non-native linguistic phenomena. The authors of the article come to the following conclusions: teachers should have certain linguistic knowledge of the native language of students; in the lessons, it is preferable to pay particular attention to the phenomena that are absent in the native language; in the course of education, it is necessary to carry out systematic work to eliminate difficulties at all language levels.