Abstract:

In the contemporary methodology of teaching foreign languages special attention is paid to the formation of a second language identity, which involves the development and acquisition of linguistic and cultural competencies from the student's side. In every language, the vocabulary of direct meaning and simple communicative situations always has a context that is understandable to native speakers. The ability of thinking and the language command are inextricably linked, at the same time when learning a foreign language, students form a second language identity that incorporates national features and collective knowledge. Thus, we can say that in the second language identity we see a reflection of the collective thinking of the people living in the country where the L2 being studied is spoken.

In the methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language, we actively employ techniques that are aimed specifically at forming a second language identity. Here we consider the second level of the second language identity model, the linguistic-cognitive one, which consists of concepts, ideas and understandings, set into a certain hierarchy, which form a system of pictures of the world.

In this article, we consider the concept of language identity, the concept of secondary language identity, which grew on its basis, and, for the sake of our research, some real examples of materials that have proved their effectiveness in studying Russian as a foreign language. This article will provide examples of the use of films, songs, social boundaries as educational resources, the use of which in the process of learning the language helped the Italian students to form a system of symbolism and value of certain elements of the culture of the Russian people. The results of this research can be applied in practical courses of Russian as a foreign language, while the methodological recommendations with the analysis of the lexical tools used during the learning process can be used by our colleagues to design auxiliary material for their foreign language classes.

Keywords:

Russian language, Second language identiy, Italian students.