Лопатина Светлана Сергеевна

The article examines the sociocultural adaptation of international students taking preparatory courses at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) and Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (NSUEM). A modern higher education institution should facilitate the teaching of Russian and core subjects at the preparatory courses, as well as the effective sociocultural adaptation of international students to ensure comfortable study and life in Russia. The article analyzes various aspects of sociocultural adaptation: linguistic, cultural, psychological, social, academic, and intercultural. The article proposes pathways for adaptation during university studies. The study of collocations and the linguistic portrait of words facilitates the linguistic adaptation of international students. Cultural adaptation occurs through academic and extracurricular activities. Students' comfortable emotional state and the development of positive emotions contribute to psychological sociocultural adaptation. The social aspect relates to the readiness of international students to adapt to social life in a new country. The academic aspect involves comfortable learning and interaction within the university's educational environment. Intercultural sociocultural adaptation is characterized by students' willingness to communicate in multicultural groups. This article presents comments from international students studying at the preparatory courses of NSUEM and NSTU on aspects of sociocultural adaptation

The article deals with the questions of international activities in the educational institution of higher education. In the modern world, this activity contributes to the integration of the university into the world educational space. The Center for International Education and Intercultural Communication can be one of the ways to arrange international activities in the educational space of any university. The main directions of the Center's activity might cover information and advertising activities and educational activities focused on citizens of foreign countries. Besides, it might include pedagogical support of socio-cultural (everyday, academic) adaptation of foreign students in the university and academic mobility of teachers and students; promotion of academic, educational and cultural cooperation with foreign schools and educational organizations of higher education partners of the university. In general, the activities of the Center should be aimed at promoting the Russian language and Russian culture among Russian students. Thus, the work of the Center in these areas can become a tool for carrying international activities of the university; its activities will contribute to the strengthening of international relations in the field of education, science and culture

The article considers the peculiarities of the Russian language functioning in the field of science and education in the countries of the new Russian abroad, the negative tendencies of the reduction of the area of the Russian language use in the former Soviet republics are noted, the reasons for these changes are indicated. At the same time the relevance of Russian as a language of education and science is shown: for young people from Central Asian countries getting higher education in Russia creates good prospects for building a professional career. The authors identified the language barrier as the main problem of sociocultural adaptation of foreign students studying in Russian institutes and proposed some methodological tools to overcome it as a research goal. The Siberian Institute of Management - Branch of RANEPA actively engaged in the work on strengthening ties with universities and schools of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Mongolia, preparation of various educational and cultural programs for high school students, applicants and students from these countries. Generalization of this experience in promoting the Russian language in the post-Soviet space allowed us to draw conclusions about the importance of outbound cultural, educational and scientific events not only for the formation of speech and communicative skills of foreign applicants and students, but also for the development of international cooperation in science and education