Russian as a foreign language in a military university within the framework of additional professional education by foreign military specialists

The article studies the problem of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a military school as a part of supplementary training syllabus by foreign military specialists. The authors analyze specific factors of a military school that a teacher should take into consideration while preparing for a class. It is necessary to take into account specific and distinctive features of a military school as well as compensate for the limited linguistic background. The authors determine and describe key problems of a language teaching. The article studies and explains ways and conditions to eliminate the difficulties, which being put into practice will allow a teacher to prepare to the classes more effectively. These ways are seen as follows: a) introducing professional and military vocabulary from the initial stages of a language class, which will eliminate the language barrier and difficulties in carrying out everyday routine responsibilities; b) active purposeful plunging the students into a language media; c) taking into account specific character of a military education.