The article reveals the importance of language for each culture and the role of devoting a large amount of time to intercultural communication in the lessons of Russian as a foreign language. The emphasis is placed on the connection between the teaching of RCT and intercultural communication, appropriate explanations and conclusions are given. Materials and methods. The article analyzes the traditional and modern teaching programs of the RCT. Thanks to this, it was possible to find out the shortcomings and omissions made in the methodology of conducting such classes q according to the old model, as well as the advantages of using new approaches in teaching foreign students. The results of the study. In the article, as a result of the analysis of the above sources, it was possible to formulate several methods of conducting lessons aimed at developing intercultural communication between foreign students and Russian-speaking people. The reasons for the emergence of cultural and language barriers that significantly complicate intercultural communication is formulated. As a result of the conducted research, it turned out that each RCT teacher should pay due attention to intercultural communication. An explanation of this conclusion is given. It indicates an effective way to achieve fast and effective training of RCT foreigners.

Keywords: intercultural communication, language barriers, cultural barriers, Russian as a foreign language, teaching Russian as a foreign language, foreign students.