TEXT AS A BASIC DIDACTIC UNIT IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article is devoted to the problem of improving the efficiency of teaching Russian as a foreign language on the basis of the text approach. The article reveals the concepts of "Russian language", "language units", "text", "text approach", "text analysis". The main directions of usage the text as the main didactic unit in teaching the Russian language are considered. Some methods of analysis of the content and language design of the text are described, allowing students to understand the formal, semantic and functional features of the language units. As a result, the authors come to the conclusion about the effectiveness of the text as the main didactic unit in teaching Russian as a foreign language. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of language tools in texts of different styles and types of speech, language norms of syntax and style. The conclusion on the importance of working with text as the main didactic unit in the formation of communicative qualities of speech based on the relationship of language and speech is made.