Working with precedent Anthroponyms in Russian as a foreign language classes (structural and semantic approach)

The article considers the names of famous people contained in textbooks on Russian as a foreign language; the structural and semantic approach to the analysis of such anthroponyms and the methodology of working with them in order to form background cultural knowledge and anthroponymic worldviews among foreign students are identified as one of the teaching problems. Personal names reflect the national culture and national mentality of Russian people. Studying the functioning of precedent names in texts, structural and semantic analysis of anthroponyms in Russian as a foreign language classes, the system of pre-text and post-text tasks enriches foreign students with information about the Russian naming system, with knowledge of Russian culture. Students also discover a different culture and stereotypes of communicative behavior of its carriers.