Traditions and Innovations in Russian as Foreign Language: The Multiple Intelligence Approach

The following paper considers a link between the development of methods of teaching foreign languages and structural, functional, cognitive and communicative approaches in theoretical linguistics. The Multiple Intellect approach appears in the spotlight, as its development is of current interest in order to deal with the larger groups of students, which are most frequent in Russian as a foreign language teaching practice abroad. A methodological example, provided in the paper can be used as a practical material for teachers and above that, it provides the basis for development of such methodology.status: publishe