STUDENTS' EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AT THE RUSSIAN DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HUE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The study aims at investigating the effectiveness of integrating Russian non-verbal communication into Russian classes and the level of satisfaction of students of the Russian Department of University of Foreign Languages, Hue University towards these lessons. The results showed that acquiring basic knowledge of non-verbal communication not only positively affects students’ learning and their communication skills, but also generates motivation among students to explore the Russian language and culture. In addition, the author also mentioned some difficulties that students frequently encounter when learning this language and proposed some methods to improve students’ understanding of non-verbal language and the quality of foreign language lessons.