Elective course "Linguistic regional studies (for Russian as a foreign language teaching)": experience of development at Sevastopol State University

the article describes the experience of developing an elective course "Linguistic regional studies (for Russian as a foreign language teaching)" for first-year foreign students of Sevastopol State University. The authors disclosed the substantive part of the elective course, including information about the Crimea and Sevastopol, historical events, traditional culture, ethnic and geographical diversity, tourist attractions and famous persons of the region. The work presents a fragment of the author's educational material with the inclusion of a regional component that expands and deepens foreign students' understanding of the Crimean and Sevastopol realities, ensuring the ability to adapt to a new socio-cultural and linguistic environment. The authors presented the results of an incoming survey proving the need to include an elective course in the educational environment of the university. It is concluded that the developed elective course is aimed at developing foreign students' linguo-regional studies competence and their successful adaptation in a new region. The research materials may be of practical interest to teachers of Russian as a foreign language teaching on the Crimean Peninsula, and can also be used as a basis for creating training courses in other regions of Russia.

elective course, linguistic regional studies, regional material, foreign students, Crimean region, adaptation process, linguistic regional competence