Özet:

The paper seeks to highlight the relevance of cultural studies in the teaching of Russian language to foreigners especially. It looks into the concept of language and culture as part of a whole, language is an integral part of culture, and cultures are best expressed through language, either in the spoken or non-verbal form. The paper tries to situate the Russian language learner in the Russian environment through Stranovedeniye, a term the Russians have coined for cultural studies. The paper concludes by submitting that stranovedeniye should be an important aspect of Russian language teaching to foreigners, and thus should be implemented as a means of achieving Russian language competence.

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