On May 12, Bolokova N.K., Head of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language, and Bzegezheva L.K., Associate Professor at the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language, took part in the VI International Roundtable on «Challenges in Mastering Russian Phraseological Units for Foreign Learners» at Adyghe State University.

The roundtable was organized by the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language at ASU.
Welcome remarks were delivered to the participants by Susanna Tlehatuk, Vice‑Rector for International Affairs at ASU, Marietta Naptsok, Dean of the International Faculty at ASU, and others.

More than 40 speakers from Russia, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Chad, Jordan, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Guinea‑Bissau, and China took part in the roundtable. Among the speakers were leading philology scholars, Russian as a Foreign Language teachers, postgraduate students, master’s students, and undergraduates.

The participants addressed a wide range of issues: from linguodidactic barriers and psychological aspects of mastering foreign phraseology to cross‑cultural comparisons of fixed expressions in Russian, Adyghe, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese, and other languages. In turn, Bzegezheva L.K., Associate Professor at the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language, invited the participants to discuss the specifics of translating phraseological units while taking into account the linguocultural features of the Russian language.

Particular attention was given to visualization methods, working with proverbs and sayings, and the use of interactive platforms for teaching phraseological units.