THE DIPLOMATIC ROLE OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF A TEACHER OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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Author(s): | Fedosenko E. V., |
| Number of journal: | 2(75) | Date: | June 2026 |
| Annotation: | The article examines the diplomatic role of the Russian language as a factor of humanitarian interaction, educational cooperation, and international academic communication. The relevance of the topic lies in the fact that a teacher of Russian as a foreign language (RFL) today acts not only as a language instructor, but also as a mediator between cultures, value systems, and communicative norms. The purpose of the paper is to determine the significance of the diplomatic potential of the Russian language for the content and structure of professional training of an RFL teacher. The research material includes academic publications of 2020–2025 on the promotion of the Russian language abroad, humanitarian diplomacy, intercultural communication, speech etiquette, and RFL teacher competences, as well as policy documents defining the priorities of language and humanitarian policy. The methods used are theoretical analysis, synthesis, comparative review, discourse analysis, and pedagogical modeling. It is established that the diplomatic function of the Russian language is realized not only in interstate communication, but also in educational practice, where language shapes respectful interaction, cultural mediation and symbolic inclusion of students in the Russian- speaking academic space. The study shows that this aspect requires strengthening intercultural, sociolinguistic, communicative- ethical, mediation, and digital components in RFL teacher education. A model of professional training is proposed, which includes a target, content, technological, and outcomes blocks, as well as a special module dedicated to the Russian language as a tool for humanitarian and educational diplomacy. The paper concludes that attention to the diplomatic role of the Russian language broadens the professional profile of the RFL teacher and improves readiness to work in multicultural classrooms. | ||
| Keywords: | Russian as a foreign language / RFL, RFL teacher, professional training, diplomatic function of language, humanitarian diplomacy, language policy, intercultural communication, speech etiquette, mediation competence, educational diplomacy |
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| For citation: | Fedosenko E. V. The diplomatic role of the Russian language and its significance for the professional training of a teacher of Russian as a foreign language. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;2(75):519—524. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.75.1611. |
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