The article deals with the features of teaching foreign academic writing, represents the range of academic writing skills. The structure of the essay is under consideration. Special attention is paid to the sequence of actions of students in essay writing.

The article represents the results of the study aimed to characterize the basic challenges and to propose some effective ways of formation and development of the foreign language word-formation competence of students specializing in Turkology in the conditions of the national Russian bilingualism in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The article deals with the set of methodological tools for formation of the sociolinguistic competence as one of the key ones in the structure of foreign language communicative competence. The notion of “set of exercises” is under consideration; the contents of methodological tools is described. The author finds out the basic exercises for formation of the sociolinguistic competence.

The article deals with the issues of teaching of the new but highly relevant discipline of Neuroinformatics. It represents the arguments that prove the fact that this discipline should take a proper place in the programme of training of a modern teacher of Informatics. The author characterizes the problems associated with Neuroinformatics teaching today, as well as the way to solve them.

The article deals with the aspects of successful competition in the IT labor market that require some additional skills of interaction with employers, the skills to develop more relevant technologies and to acquire knowledge in the shortest period of time. The authors propose the innovative approach of inclusion in the educational process that allow to develop creative thinking, skills of young professionals to adapt quickly and compete in the changing IT labor market.

The article deals with the issue of the significance of formation of information educational environment of a higher school that, on the one hand, meets the requirements of the modern time, and on the other - the educational needs of young people (students). The notion “educational request of the youth” is under consideration. The authors represent the results of the study aimed to research the educational needs of students in the conditions of the dynamically developing information environment.

The article deals with the role of Russian education in training of national personnel for foreign countries, the most important pedagogical issues of studying the process of inculturation of students in Russian universities regarding the interpretation of the concept of “inculturation” in the context of higher education, its understanding, setting boundaries and correlation with the identical concepts “socialization”, “enculturate”, “acculturation”, “assimilation”; with the development of the project characteristics of the formation of vocational inculturation for international students; the mechanisms and ways of managing this process.

The article deals with the domestic experience of working with migrant children; the didactic conditions of adaptation of these children are described in the article. The authors propose the idea of implementation of the complex of pedagogical conditions for successful sociocultural adaptation of migrant children in the polycultural environment of the basic secondary school. The concepts of “adaptation”, “sociocultural adaptation” and “pedagogical conditions” are under consideration; the features of migrant children are found out and described.

The article deals with the basic characteristics of some innovative educational technologies to ensure a constructive interaction between the subjects of the educational process. It is concluded that in the current socio-economic conditions the innovative educational technologies are a set of tools and methods of formation the competence of specialists demanded in the labor market.

The article deals with the modern educational technologies in the activities of a preschool teacher. Such concepts as “innovative technology”, “educational technology” are under consideration. The most relevant modern educational technologies in the work of a preschool teacher are described, the purpose of their use when working with preschool children is defined in the article.

The article deals with the need for pedagogical training of a manager of the socio-cultural sphere. It presents the system of pedagogical training of a manager of the socio-cultural sphere, describes the elements of the system implemented in the Volgograd State Institute of Arts and Culture in training of students and in the process of training the workers of the socio-cultural sphere. The effectiveness of the developed system of teacher training is proved in the article.

The article represents the detailed description of the means of formation of the gender culture of a future teacher of history and social science - gender education, business games, discussions, training lessons, etc.

The article deals with the current state of the problem of the influence of mass media on education of children in the USA on the basis of the analysis of the works of American teachers and psychologists who explore the features of influence of mass media on the development of emotional and volitional sphere of a child and his behaviour.

The article deals with the leading concepts of American scientists associated with the issue of moral education of children in the USA. The results of the study may be applied in the development of new technologies for psychological and pedagogical assistance to families in issues of moral education of children.

Based on the available historical and factual material, the article deals with the reconstruction of the system of the academic and public disputes as the basic teaching method in the Kiev-Mogilyansky Collegium. Their structure, purpose and methodology are described, the reasons why the system of educational disputes is not widespread in the Moscow State are found out. All the dates are given in the old style; the quotes are given in the original spelling.

The article deals with the issue of approximation of parameters of speech in a non-native language to the parameters of the authentic speech of native speakers. To solve this problem, the author proposes the idea of presenting the language material as the verbal scripts included in the culture of the country of the target language.

The article deals with the basic standpoints of the synchronous approach to the description of the abbreviations that are defined as the words with the motivationally related and semantically identical syntactic text equivalents. The author suggests the method of definition of the textual equivalence of abbreviations and phrases, describes the concepts of “equivalent text”, “decryption stimulus”, “nest equivalence”.

The article deals with the structure of the model of the act as reflected in the verbal responses in the associative experiment with students and schoolchildren. By the example of the action “help” the author describes the invariant frame of the situation of an act. It is found out which slots of the frame “help” are in focus of more or less attention.

The article deals with the issue of the social prestige of the dialect in the modern linguistic situation in Austria. The conclusions about the status of dialects as the form of the German language in Austria, the fields of application and the trends of further development are made on the basis of the surveys of Austrian respondents held on Facebook and Internet forums.

The article deals with the semantic, pragmatic and associative potential of the precedent name “Babylon”. The importance and value of the biblical texts as a source of precedence is highlighted. It is proved that in case of partial preservation of denotation in some contexts the unit takes on some new connotative semantic components that form the meanings different from the dictionary definitions.

The article deals with the potential of a proper name as a source of associations. The author describes the personal names of various types based on denotation and the source of nomination: eponym terms, nomenes, nicknames, precedent names. The material is supplemented with the results of the survey aimed at identifying the typical associations connected with the names of famous athletes.

The article deals with the conceptualization of disability in the linguistic consciousness in the everyday and professional aspects. The medical, legal and social aspects of disability are under consideration, the features of the lexical category of the words “invalid” and “crippled” are characterized, the three key aspects of the imagery and the perceptive fixation of the disability - the description of the physical defect, the behavior of a disabled person and the society’s attitude to it - are described in the article. The author explains the axiological grounds of disability in the form of behaviour standards recommended for the disabled and those who are close to them.

The article deals with the Mongolian vocabulary for tanning of hides and skins in the Khalkha Mongolian, Buryat and Kalmyk languages. The terminology of saddle craft is one of the most significant lexical layers in the Mongolian languages. The rich and diverse microvocabulary of this group includes the names of leather artisans, their tools, the names of production processes, as well as traditional leather goods widely used in everyday life. Fixation, classification and linguistic analysis with detailed explanations are necessary because the terms of the saddlery craft are gradually forgotten and go into the passive vocabulary.

The article deals with the features of translation listening and speaking. Special attention is paid to the notion of the interrelated teaching all the types of speech activity. The authors give a detailed description of translation listening and speaking in their interrelation, which contributes to the ability to identify the semantic content of the original text and to transfer it to the secondary statement.

The article gives a scientific commentary on the book by D.N. Medrish “Journey to Lukomorye. Pushkin’s Fairy Tales and Popular Culture” (1992), deals with its contribution to Pushkin studies and the importance of the methodological approaches of the author to the issue of literary folklorism.

The article deals with the influence of Dostoevsky’s work on the cinema of Asia. The novel “Crime and Punishment” is regarded as a source of ideas and images of the contemporary film culture. The ethical problems of Dostoevsky that influenced the creative work of directors of China and the Philippines are under consideration in the article.

The article deals with the experience of the analysis of the key concepts of “path” and “time”. The linguistic means of objectification of these concepts are found out; their individual explanation is regarded as a way of self-cognition by the character of the novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald “This Side of Paradise”.

Based on the theory of V. Propp, the article deals with the actions of birds as the character’s assistants in the Kalmyk fairy tale. The actions of a mythical bird Khan Garuda are a spatial movement of the character from one world to another, and the solution of difficult tasks. Very often in fairy tales an eagle gets help from the character before it gives it to him. The assistants are magpies, ravens, sparrows, roosters, chickens and ducks. The range of the parrot’s actions as a character’s assistant include solving Khan’s difficult task.

The article deals with the social issues that had to be solved by the Soviet government after the Civil war, including the financial situation of the population of Dagestan in these years. The financial situation is a set of conditions that constitute different sides of the material existence. It is food and the way to get it, salary and prices in the dynamic development, health and its safety, the nature of social security and everyday life.

The article deals with the issues of the state clerical service of the police in the Urals. The basic one was the reduction of the personnel potential on the background of the increasing volume of paperwork. It is concluded that a full-time clerk of the police department of the Perm province during the war is a man with a small family or single, of the Orthodox religion that does not have a rank, with a low level of education.

The article deals with the features of development of Orthodoxy in the Caucasus in the period of mass resettlement in the region. Due to its independence from the government, the Cossacks were able to revive and develop the ancient Veche system of self-government that disappeared by that time in Russia. The settlers developed their own procedure for satisfying the religious services, which helped to keep the national and confessional identity in the harsh conditions of the Caucasian reality.

The article deals with the foreign policy of Fatali-Khan. His contacts with Russia were the closest. He appealed to the Imperial court with the request for admission to the Russian citizenship, had diplomatic contacts. The authors describe the policy of Fatali-Khan in expanding the territory of his possession, show the relations with Shamkhal Tarkovsky. Another area of the Khan’s foreign policy is relations with the Georgian Prince Alexander.

The article deals with the research activities of higher professional educational institutions of the Lower Volga region in the 1930s. The forms of organization of scientific work, the sources and nature of research funding are under consideration.

The article deals with the range of issues associated with the current state of the archaeological monument of the XIV century - Vodyansky settlement. The author makes some conclusions concerning the results of the archaeological excavations in recent times, evaluates the prospects of its further preservation and research.

Based on the source and historiographic analysis, the article deals with the date of the founding of the village of Prishyb (Leninsk town of the Volgograd region). The events associated with its settlement and the original centre of the historical settlement are under consideration in the article.

The transport system of the city and the region was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad. After the end of the battle, the restoration of waterways, railways, tram and roads began. The authors describe the process details; show the role of the Stalingrad group of forces in the process. The range of fundamental problems that arise when restoring the socio-economic life of the region is under consideration in the article.

The article deals with the escapes of Japanese prisoners of war from the camps located on the territory of the USSR (1945-1956) as described by Russian and foreign researchers. The author represents the historiographical analysis of the works of researchers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Switzerland, Japan, published in 1992-2017 and concerning the escapes of Japanese prisoners of war from the camps located on the territory of the Soviet Union.

The article deals with preschool educational institutions after the Battle of Stalingrad, analyzes the activities of the party and Soviet organs on the organization of kindergartens in 1943-1945, including the reconstruction of the material base, staff employment and medical care.