Foreign language teaching for Chinese and Russian students at universities: a research into features of communication as a key component of E-learning

Sun Yanan, Liu Feng, Druzhinina Maria

Massive educational organizations are changing to implement online learning, as a result of which the need for studying and applying e-learning is increased dramatically. However, it is found that researches on specifics of communication in the electronic educational environment are insufficient. Therefore, the researching problem of this article is to reveal specifics of foreign languages for bachelors in E-learning at universities in China and Russia. The goal of the study is to improve bachelor students’ FLT (Foreign Language Teaching) efficiency in e-learning at universities in China and Russia. This research is based on theoretical and empirical methods with comparative aspects. It is found that specifics of communication between subjects in educational processes should be treated as a key component among varied specifics of E-learning for bachelors at universities in China and Russia. Similarities and differences in features of communication between subjects of the educational process in China and Russia are illustrated. With reference to the obtained results, a number of recommendations for foreign language teachers were correspondingly given. In addition, several modern teaching tools are we enlisted as a part of practical recommendations for FLT in E-learning.

Keywords:Specifics of communication; E-learning; comparative research; China and Russia; FLT (Foreign Language Teaching).