Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of teaching Russian as a foreign language in Kazakh language groups at noncore universities. The author focuses on the topical issues of using innovative technologies in teaching reading. The formation of reading skills, especially those studying reading, is very relevant today, as new information technologies are developing, new sources of information are appearing – more compact, flexible and mobile, there is no reading culture, the interests and needs of students are changing. The aim of the article is to identify the possibilities of such a tools as word cloud, mind map, infographic and time line in sequential teaching of different types of reading in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a non-philological audience and to demonstrate its effectiveness by specific examples. The article is devoted to concrete examples of new technologies application in the practical Russian as a foreign language classes at the university. In the article, the special attention is paid to the formation of skills of the main type of reading – learning reading. In particular, lessons on several topics contained in the standard program on Russian as a foreign language at a university are considered in detail as a sample. These classes have been tested in teaching first-year students of NC JSC «Karaganda Medical University». As a result of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that new technologies in combination with traditional work on text are effective tool for teaching reading of non-core university students. New technologies create an engaging and motivating learning environment, so they encourage students to actively participate in the learning process and motivate them to read.