The International Institute of Economics and Linguistics of Irkutsk State University hosted the XXIII Interuniversity Student Scientific-Practical Conference “Current Issues of Modern Russian Studies”. The event took place in offline and online formats. The conference was attended by 39 students from Irkutsk universities: ISU IIEL, Baikal State University, Irkutsk State Agricultural University, Irkutsk State Medical University. Also participating in the conference were students from Belarusian State University and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN).
The aim of this conference was to discuss current issues of teaching Russian as a foreign language, modern linguistic concepts in the theory and practice of teaching RFL, comparison of the Russian language system with other unrelated languages, comparisons of different linguistic cultures, presenting the results of scientific research and exchanging experience.
Yulia Elokhina, Head of ISU International Office, noted the importance of this event and wished the students fruitful work.
At the plenary session, representatives from three universities presented their reports: Lyu Yuanheng, 2nd-year master’s student at ISU IIEL; Anastasia Bylkova, 2nd-year master’s student at the International Faculty of BSU; and Vera Sofina, 1st-year student at IrSAU.
The conference was divided into three sections: “Issues of Language and Culture Studies”, “Contrastive Analysis of the Language Systems of Russian and Other Languages. Issues of Intercultural Communication”, “Active Processes in the Russian Language System and Specifics of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language”.
In each section, 2 or 3 best reports were selected. The best in the section “Issues of Language and Culture Studies” were the reports of Afruza Khaitova, 3rd-year specialist’s student at Irkutsk State Medical University, and Wang Xinping, 4th-year bachelor’s student at ISU IIEL.
In the section “Contrastive Analysis of the Language Systems of Russian and Other Languages. Issues of Intercultural Communication”, the best reports were those of Liu Wenting, 4th-year student at the International Faculty of BSU; Yu Qing, student of the Preparatory Faculty of ISU IIEL; and Hou Mingyue, 4th-year bachelor’s student at ISU IIEL.
In the section “Active Processes in the Russian Language System and Specifics of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language”, the best reports were those of Ranjan Ravikant, 2nd-year master’s student at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, as well as the report of Dmitry Anisov, 2nd-year master’s student at the International Faculty of BSU, and Xu He, 4th-year student at ISU IIEL.
Section moderators noted the high scientific level of the students’ research, their mastery of the Russian language and public speaking skills.
Such events are very important for students. They not only gain experience in public speaking and participating in discussions but also learn something new. It is especially important for the senior students to present their research results at a conference, receiving feedback from teachers and audience. It can also serve as an opportunity to refine their work before the defence.
Based on the results of the conference, priority directions for further research have been outlined, and a collection of proceedings indexed in RSCI will be prepared for publication.
Background: RSCI is a national bibliographic database of scientific citations, accumulating more than 12 million publications by Russian authors, as well as information on citations of these publications from more than 6000 Russian journals. It is intended not only for operational provision of research with relevant reference and bibliographic information but is also a powerful analytical tool allowing to assess the efficiency of research organizations and scientists, as well as the level of scientific journals, etc.
