Organization of a scientific circle on the Russian language for cadets of departmental universities of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service

The article is devoted to the organization of scientific circle on the Russian language for the cadets of departmental higher educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. The author substantiates the advantages of participation in the scientific circle, gives exercises aimed at forming vocabulary, stresses the need to improve language skills. As an example of exercises, assignments to the topic "Prefixes with the meaning of negation" are given. The authors come to the conclusion that when performing exercises, the students' vocabulary is enriched with words that include the most frequent international prefixes, familiarity with Latin words, and understanding of the process of borrowing words. It should be noted that participation in a scientific circle on the Russian language increases the general and cultural level of future graduates of the universities of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, introduces them to various linguistic phenomena, and forms speech culture. The participation of cadets in the work of the scientific circle on the Russian language makes it possible to comprehend the Russian language as the main cultural and national heritage of the country, to understand its aesthetic significance, to develop their own communication skills, to strive to comply with the language norms in professional and ordinary communication. The ability to speak correctly is a condition for the prestige of each employee individually and for the effective operation of the penitentiary system as a whole.