Abstract
The article deals with the peculiarities of formation of writing skills in students of foreign audience through training in abstracting scientific and educational texts in Russian. The authors note that abstract description is an important tool for the development of written speech, allowing students to systematize, analyze and present key information from professionally oriented texts in the lessons of Russian as a foreign language. Also abstracting plays an important role in educational and professional activities, allowing to systematize and summarize large amounts of information for more convenient perception.The paper deals with the contradiction faced by first-year students: the necessity of creating secondary texts of educational and scientific genre at the insufficient level of language training. Special attention is paid to the methods of selecting teaching material taking into account the level of language proficiency, as well as the professional orientation of texts. It is also noted that at the lessons of Russian as a foreign language, students should be given adapted texts. The authors propose a methodological approach to summarizing teaching, including step-by-step development of text analysis skills, highlighting key ideas, using professional vocabulary and structuring the material. The article presents examples of exercises aimed at transforming sentences, creating abstract forms and forming coherent text. The research emphasizes the significance of combining communicative and cognitive approaches in teaching abstract description in the lessons of Russian as a foreign language, which allows developing cognitive and communicative competences of foreign-language students, as well as their readiness to perform professional tasks. It is concluded that abstract description is an effective means of preparation for work with professional texts and contributes to the formation of critical thinking.