Language barriers
Сultural
Speaking
Understanding
Lack of attention in
communication
Diagram 1 Language barriers
After analysing the findings of the respondents’ an-
swering the questions which language aspects, name-
ly vocabulary, grammar, phonetics, cultural linguistics
cause the most difficulties, we came to the conclusion
that the bulk of the respondents experienced most-
ly lexical and grammar difficulties, while dealing with
phonetics and cultural linguistics was not so tough for
them (Diagram 2).
22%
35%
33%
10%
Language aspects
Phonetics
Grammar
Vocabulary
Cultural
linguistics
Diagram 2 Language aspect impediments
After analysing the findings of the respondents’ an-
swering the questions in what forms students would
like to receive language training, we came to the con-
clusion that organising an international friendship club
among Russian- speaking and foreign students could
be beneficial to compensate for the difficulties arising
in cross- cultural communication. Other options such
as watching foreign films, private tuition, and signing
on language forums and sites were practically equal-
ly distributed and gained almost the same percentage
(Diagram 3).
25%
30%
28%
17%
Language aspects
Private tuition
International friendship
club
Watching foreign films
Signing on language
forums and sites
Diagram 3 Forms of providing language training
Diagram 4 demonstrates in which communication
situations the respondents experience difficulties and
impediments. The findings show that approximately
the same number of respondents experience difficul-
ties when participating in discussions and sightseeing,
while communicating in social interactions and talking
on electronic devices are much easier for them (Dia-
gram 4).
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