Изучение комплексных единиц словообразовательной системы русского языка в славянской аудитории

The article discusses the basic problems of the characteristics of studying Russian word-for- mation by speakers of closely related languages – Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Polish. Criteria are defined for the choice of the word-formation material for practical les- sons; typical difficulties in the process of acquisition of complex units of the word-formation system of Russian by the foreign learners are outlined. Concrete methodological recommenda- tions are offered for the use of a given didactic material in the practice of teaching Russian as a