Essay on the theory of mastering the second language. Markosyan A.S.

Theoretical and methodological problems associated with mastering any non-native language, especially acutely act when we are dealing not with the first, but with the second, third, etc. non -native language. This can be the second foreign language (for example, at school), the second foreign language as the language of a pedagogical specialty (for example, in a pedagogical university), the language of ethnic (self) identification (among members of national diasporas), etc. Therefore, in this work, along with a discussion of general issues of mastering a non -native language, we focus on various situations of language teaching as a second foreign language on the example of the French language (the third chapter).

the language material on which the real book is built, the material also serves Armenian language. The author has the only four -volume textbook of the Armenian language in our country (for adult Russian -speaking students) “Krunka Ayastani”. Analysis of the features of this textbook and - more widely - the situation of teaching the Armenian language as the second is the fifth chapter of the book.