The use of interactive task constructors when teaching Russian as a foreign language

The research is devoted to the problem of using innovative technologies in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language on the example of Internet services that allow you to independently develop interactive tasks in the Russian language. The study presents the experience of using the interactive task designer LearningApps in the organization of the educational process in the discipline “Russian as a foreign language” for groups with the English language of instruction at the Department of Russian and Belarusian Languages in the Grodno State Medical University in the Republic of Belarus. The possibilities and ways of introducing interactive tasks into electronic educational and methodical complexes in this discipline on the university educational portal Moodle are considered (http://edu.grsmu. by). The list of interactive tasks available in LearningApps is given (Classification, Chronological ruler, Find a pair, Fill in the table, Simple order, Text input, Sorting pictures, Qquiz with the choice of the correct answer, Fill in the gaps, Audio/video content, Words from letters, Quessing words, Jumps, Table of correspondences, etc.), attention is drawn on possible difficulties of a technical and linguistic nature in the development of interactive exercises, methodological recommendations are provided on the possible use of such tasks. The advantages and disadvantages of this constructor, the prospects for its further use are listed. In the article it is recommended to use interactive tasks to activate the cognitive activity of foreign students, develop their logical thinking, train visual memory, intensify, optimize and diversify the educational process, increase the motivation of students to study the Russian language, Russian and Belarusian culture.