Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1890Strategy of abstract writing in the manual for foreign medical studentsGlazovaO GКафедра русского языкаМедицинский факультет; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russiaksanik23@mail.ru <mailto:ksanik23@mail.ru>Peoples' Friendship University of Russia15012012111211605092016Copyright © 2012, Glazova O.G.2012The article looks into the main aspects of teaching foreign medical students to write the review of a scientific article: ability to provide generic semantic components relevant to standard topics, compress the text and form the abstracts. The article also includes the typical tasks from the manual for teaching abstracting.synopsisstandard topicsstandard semantic components of a scientific articlestandard tasksрефераттиповые темытиповые смысловые компоненты научной статьитиповые задания