Methodological aspects of teaching Russian as a foreign language at the initial stage of training

The article deals with the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language at the initial stage of study. The author reveals the importance of studying various aspects of the language: phonetics, vocabulary, lexical and grammatical structure, as well as mastering the phonation, intonation, and nonverbal culture of Russian-language communication. The article shows the features of the methodology of teaching the discipline, depending on the difficulties that arise in the process of its development.