Problems of Improving Spoken Language Skills in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language

While teaching Russian as a foreign language to undergraduate and postgraduate students in India, we observed that the learners face difficulties in improving their spoken language skills needed at the specified level. There are many issues that is needed to be sorted out in order to improve spoken language skills. For spoken skills we need to use specific methods of teaching. Since the first thing that is taught to students, who are learning a language, are alphabets, the attention is turned towards improving their oral skills is through writing. Though, initially learners pick up to speak at the elementary level, the spoken language, in the intermediate and advanced levels of learning suffer due to various factors. One of the main factors is the lack of continuous exposure to the foreign language. i/e/, the learners do not use once they are out of the classroom. Outside the classroom, the learners use their mother tongue or other native language to speak that is a necessity in their outside life. As a result, their spoken skills of the foreign language suffer and do not improve. Measures need to be taken for improving spoken skills where the students are involved and activated to take part in discussions with the help of native speakers. Artificial foreign language surroundings need to be created to motivate learners to speak well a foreign language of their choice.