In the conditions of close cooperation and exchange between Russia and China the Chinese language is studied both in Russian schools and universities at teacher and translator training departments. The article emphasizes that the Chinese language is significantly different from European languages, a number of its specific features are presented. Chinese largely shed its image as an «exotic» and «non-learning» language only after the reform and opening-up policies of the People’s Republic of China in 1979.

In the conditions of close cooperation and exchange between Russia and China the Chinese language is studied both in Russian schools and universities at teacher and translator training departments. The article emphasizes that the Chinese language is significantly different from European languages, a number of its specific features are presented. Chinese largely shed its image as an «exotic» and «non-learning» language only after the reform and opening-up policies of the People’s Republic of China in 1979.

Nowadays, in the globalized world, Standard Chinese has become an influential and universal language, being the second most important language in the world after English. It is not surprising that the number of people wanting to start learning Chinese is growing so rapidly. Since the end of the last century, there have been departments for training Chinese language teachers in Russian universities, where you can study the language in combination with a second subject in order to obtain the profession of a Chinese language teacher.

Nowadays, in the globalized world, Standard Chinese has become an influential and universal language, being the second most important language in the world after English. It is not surprising that the number of people wanting to start learning Chinese is growing so rapidly. Since the end of the last century, there have been departments for training Chinese language teachers in Russian universities, where you can study the language in combination with a second subject in order to obtain the profession of a Chinese language teacher.

The article deals with the issues of increasing the level of foreign language competence of practitioners in the field of tourism and hospitality. The growth of tourists in the region, including foreign ones, entails the need to increase the level of their foreign language training. The purpose of the article: to present a didactic basis for the development of content for additional foreign language education for workers in the regional tourism and hospitality sector. The methodological basis of the study was the competence-based, regional and andragogical approaches.