El género en el lenguaje de los refranes: la imagen típica de un hombre ruso frente a la imagen típica de una mujer rusa

Gender traditionally refers to the biological sex, and also to the set of social and cultural norms demanded of people, depending on their biological sex. Gender relations in any community are built through its public institutions which support sexual differences. There is a significant amount of studies within the linguistic and cultural framework, with the gender stereotypes´ specific character, and a special emphasis on the cultural concepts of “masculinity” and “femininity”. We believe that every culture has proverbs, based on national gender stereotypes and attitudes to “femininity” and “masculinity”. We are especially interested in the ones, which reflect general peculiarities of the Russian culture and language, and the features that help to shape “stereotyped” portraits of typical male and female representatives of the Russian culture.El término Género hace referencia, tradicionalmente, al sexo biológico y a una serie de normas socio-culturales que se exigen de una persona en función de su sexo. Las relaciones de género se construyen en cada comunidad desde las instituciones públicas, que apoyan las diferencias entre ambos sexos. Existen una gran cantidad de estudios dentro del marco lingüístico y cultural, que se centran en los estereotipos de género y que hacen un especial hincapié en los conceptos culturales de lo “masculino” y lo “femenino”. Creemos que en cada cultura existen refranes, basados en sus propios estereotipos y sus actitudes frente a lo que es “femenino” o “masculino”. Nos interesan especialmente aquellos que reflejan las peculiaridades de la cultura y la lengua en Rusia y los rasgos que ayudan a crear el “estereotipo” representativo de los típicos hombres y mujeres de la cultura rusa

MODELING A METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUODIDACTICS (INITIAL STAGE OF LEARNING)

Abstract. This paper is devoted to the modeling of a humanistically oriented methodology for teaching a foreign language, in particular, the RL as a foreign language. Its issues are related to the differences between the existential needs of a foreign student and program materials on the Russian language (elementary and basic levels). The relevance of the work consists in the need to develop a teaching model that corresponds to the existential, including communicative needs of a student's personality. The object of the study is the educational process of Russian as a foreign language at the preparatory faculties of Russian higher education institutions. The subject of the study is a linguodidactic model of the educational process based on the principles of anthropological linguodidactics. The purposeof the study is the design of a basic linguodidactic model, focused on an individual student. The material of the study is the educational process of Russian as a foreign language in the conditions of preparatory faculties of Russian highereducation institutions. The novelty of the study lies in the application of the principles of anthropological linguodidactics in the creation of a humanistically oriented methodology for teaching Russian to foreigners at thepreparatory faculties of Russia. The theoretical significance of the study is determining the criteria for modeling a humanistically oriented methodology for teaching Russian to foreign students of the pre-higher education institutionperiod of studying in the country of the studied language. Keywords: anthropological linguistics, foreign languages, Russian as a foreign language, pre-higher educationinstitution period of studying, teaching model, center and periphery of the educational process, language environmentnational language personality, communicative interaction

Microsimulation Analysis of the Consequences of Monetization of Social Benefits in Russia

In 2004 a law regulating a replacement of some in-kind social benefits by cash payments was passed and liabilities for the benefit provisions were redistributed between federal and regional budgets. The objective of the paper is to study consequences of the ongoing and upcoming social benefits reforms. An estimation of the reforms conse-quences has been done by using a microsimulation modeling technique. A microsimulation model of the Russian population is built based on the data from the National Monitoring of Household Welfare and Participation in Social Programs (NOBUS).microsimulation; household welfare

Discursos pronunciados en el acto de investidura de Doctora "Honoris Causa" de la Excelentísima Señora Dª. Irina Khaleeva

Discurso presentado por el Doctor Pascual Rivas Carrera

PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF ENGLISH SUPERSTITIOUS PROCESSIVE SIGNS WITH LEXEMES NOMINATING ITEMS OF CLOTHING

В статье рассматриваются особенности и механизмы действия принципа зеркальной симметрии для знаков-процессивов английского суеверного дискурса. Материалом для исследования послужили английские суеверия с лексемами, номинирующими детали одежды. Автор делает попытку объяснения механизмов, регламентирующих коммуникативно-прагматическое поведение представителей английской лингвокультуры, исходя из структуры словосочетаний-сигнификатов, культурного контекста и современной национально-культурной установки.The article presents certain features and mechanisms of the reflection principle within English superstitious processive signs. English clothing superstitions served as the research data for the study. The author makes an attempt to explain regulatory mechanisms of the communicative-pragmatic behavior typical for English culture, taking into consideration the structure of the significative word-collocations, possible meaning-making cultural context and national-cultural attitude

Computer-assisted Language Learning for the Development of Listening Skills: A Case Study of Pre-university Russian as a Foreign Language

The research explores the effectiveness of using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) approach for the development of non-reciprocal listening skills in the context of studying Russian as a foreign language (RFL). Despite the fact that the influence of CALL on the development of listening skills has been well studied based on a case study of teaching other languages (especially English), a similar study in the context of teaching the Russian language is performed for the first time. The RFL students (N=68) and teachers (N=7) of the Preparatory Department in Russian took part in the intervention study. The students were divided into experimental and control groups. The research was conducted based on both qualitative and quantitative methods. The researchers focused the attention on two kinds of listening: listening for general information and selective listening. As the listening competence, and especially academic listening proficiency, is critically important for the students of the preparatory department,  he researchers’ target was to research ways of improving listening abilities with different approaches of using CALL.  The testing and assessment materials were developed and the statistics was collected for each kind of listening. In addition, the students of the experimental group were surveyed to identify their experiences from using CALL in the classroom. The research findings allowed concluding about the effectiveness of CALL application for developing listening for the detail skills, whereas in the general listening no significant effect was found. In addition, the study revealed specific complexities in the application of CALL in teaching listening in Russian.