Similarities between Sanskrit and the Russian language as a factor in the successful mastery of the Russian language by Indian students

the article highlights the issue of finding effective methods of teaching a foreign language in a non-linguistic university, which is relevant in modern teaching methods. The author of the article examines the vocabulary of the elementary level (A1) of the Russian language in order to identify the similarity of some lexical units with Sanskrit, since the similarity with Sanskrit, and hence recognition, are found by native speakers of Hindi. The article highlights thematic groups of words that can be used to describe the main phenomena of the surrounding reality (family members, household items, actions, body parts, weather, times of day and year). Russian Russian's similarity to Sanskrit, confirmed by an experiment in groups of Arab and Indian students, is a positive factor in the education of Indian students who are learning Russian from scratch at a medical university. The article provides options for working with the selected vocabulary, provides examples of exercises using consonant lexical units, which contributes to better memorization and assimilation of the material. By focusing on lexical units that may be similar in meaning and sound in Russian and Sanskrit, it is possible to create a stronger connection between new words and students' existing knowledge.

Russian as a foreign language, Sanskrit, the Russian language, linguodidactics, intensification of education, Indian students