Russian Language StudiesRussian Language Studies2618-81632618-8171Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba10098Research ArticleTheoretical bases of the course «Practice of oral communication in Chinese»PeresadkoT VThe Chair of Oriental Philologytperesadko@hse.ruSeliverstovaY AThe Chair of Oriental Philologyyuseliverstova@hse.ruHigher School of Economics1503201339010009092016Copyright © 2016, Russian and Foreign Languages and Methods of Teaching2016The article examines the main approaches to creating modern foreign language courses. The authors analyze different approaches to teaching Chinese in Russia and abroad. The presented results were obtained when implementing an educational project of the Higher School of Economics “Speak Up”. Taking into account the results, the authors selected the methodological approach that suits the purpose of the course best of all. These approaches were effectively combined in the course “Practice of Oral Communication in Chinese”, mainly aimed at developing students' communicative competence.communicative competenceintercultural competency approachteaching foreign languagesthe Chinese languageкоммуникативная компетенциямежкультурный компетентностный подходпреподавание иностранных языковкитайский язык