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In the research the phenomenon of tolerance is considered in the context of typological approach in the interrelation with the styles of thinking of A. Harrison's and R. Bramson's typology and the characteristics of psychological types according to the theory of К. Jung. We have revealed significant interrelations of tolerance with the typological characteristics of the person in the higher education students. Also in the work there have been obtained the results testifying to the distinctive features of cognitive, value-motivational and behavioral spheres of tolerant students in each of the investigated typological groups.

In the article the institute  of trade education of man is examined with the limited possibilities of health, assisting successful adaptation of such  man.

In article there is presented an analysis of philosophical and social-psychological approaches to consideration of the essence of the concepts of subject, subjectivity and subject position of the person; there is determined the component structure of the subject position. The essence of volunteer activity is considered, and its potential in actualization of the subject position of the person is determined.

A number of researchers bind the achievements of modern Chinese society in various areas in recent decades to a specific combination of traditional and modern components in the system of social activities inherent in the society. This article discusses the socio-cultural features of the processes of production and reproduction of knowledge in the transforming Chinese society. The focus is on the relationship of education with the social and managerial characteristics of modernization and the network context of innovations in China.

Improving the methodical system according to the principle of mastering the foreign language together with learning the corresponding culture is acquiring the status of a strategic task. Since the culture as a whole is studied by the science of culturology, the usage of the linguo-cultural approach is very important now for the system of teaching Russian as foreign language. Thanks to this approach a close connection between language and culture is established in the process of training.

The article focuses on the need to directly create the image of China among the oriental studies students with the aim of forming their communicative competence necessary for the cross-cultural dialogue. It is shown that the basis of modern concepts about China is a controversial image of the country, which has been formed during a long historical period. In the article there is revealed the importance of perception of China for shaping the image of Russia as a national state.

In the article there is described the content of a special course developed specifically for the oriental studies students. There is raised the issue of the gender features of language and speech; there are described the factors of transformations occurring in the male and female speech styles; a study is conducted of how the changing in gender relations can influence the transformations in the speech style; and an attempt is made to reveal the importance of these transformations in the aspect of forming the gender identity. The author also pays a great attention to the question of applying the discourse approach to the analysis of modern speech practices.

In teaching foreign languages the successful development of professional competencies of the higher education students requires the maximal use of traditional educational methods as well as the potential of modern information-communication technologies making it possible to intensify the student professional training. The article is concerned with the place which should be occupied by the usage of modern information-communication technologies among the methods of teaching Japanese language for the students specializing in the regional studies.

The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems of socio-cultural adaptations of foreign students in a different ethnical environment. The education system is considered here as an environment and a resource of support of the processes of socio-cultural adaptations. There are described the barriers revealed during the research on the social-cultural adaptation (on the example of foreign students of the Novosibirsk State Technical University). There is analyzed a formed contradiction in understanding of the process of support of the socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students as an administrative resource or as a simple adjustment of interpersonal relations.

The article deals with formation of the Russian regional studies as an educational program and scientific discipline. There are considered the problems of constructing regional studies as an independent field of scientific research based on geographic, socio-economic and political sciences and humanities. There is demonstrated the importance of historical science in the process of constructing the regional studies subject.

The recent development of psycholinguistics and knowledge engineering allows us to construct a new approach to the process of building the language competence of the bilingual specialist. One of the major components of the speech activity is the translation activity which, according to our opinion, allows formation of new cognitive structures reflecting systemic links on the lexical, grammar and, most importantly, national and cultural level. The translation activity not only gives students the opportunity to discover new elements of cognitive experience but also establish intra-lingual and extra-lingual systemic links, which should become the basis for the language competence of the specialist.

It is indicated in the article that, under the conditions of mass higher education and realization of its neo-liberal model, the history education experiences considerable difficulties. They are caused by both general decline of student erudition and obvious non-marketable nature of historical knowledge. The author analyzes the practices which help students eliminate the gaps in their historical knowledge and raise the general level of their culture which is one of the traditional problems of higher education.

The purpose of the article consists in describing the features of teaching humanitarian disciplines to the regional studies students in the rigid frameworks of the requirements set by the Bologna standards. In the article, on the example of the courses of «New and newest history of the countries of Europe » and «Culture, religion, and literature of the countries of Europe», it is shown how teaching humanitarian disciplines to the regional studies students of the western direction is changing in the conditions of application of new requirements to the education process. There are described the ways of adaptation of these courses to the Bologna standards and the appearing opportunities of improvement of the system of preparation of the highly demanded specialists.

One of the first problems in teaching international history in the higher education institutions is the framework of concepts and terminology. After its working out and formulating independent problems for the further search of the answer, the acquaintance with the developed concepts is carried out (it is more logical to do this in the educational process within the framework of a lecture course), and the formation of an independent hypothesis starts; i.e., the search of a possible solution of the problem begins. Thus the main condition, which any hypothesis should satisfy, is its validity. There is no necessity to proclaim validity of any hypothesis: in this case it becomes already a part of the theory. It is necessary to foster the ability of the students to comprehend the set of facts by means of hypothesis. And as a result, within the limits of an educational paradigm it suffices to achieve the ability of the students to connect the hypothesis, the problem and the framework of concepts and terminology. This is the requirement whose value is often underestimated.

The theme of the article is the phenomenon of modern extremism, which acts under the banner of radical Islam, considered through the problem of spiritual and moral countermeasures within the ethical and theological framework of Arabic Muslim culture. The main objective of the research is to reveal the worldview and ideological sources of aggressive jihadism and Islamic terrorism (which are insufficiently studied in Russian humanitarian science) on the example of legitimation of martyrdom operations in connection with the problem of realization of the mechanisms of spiritual-moral education capable to deter and suppress the ideological propaganda of violence and radicalization of Muslim religious consciousness in the conditions of a socio-political conflict.

Teaching  the religion studies course to the social work students have some particular qualities:  specificities of professional intercommunication and cooperation with the representatives of various religions; experience of social ministry within various confessions; and the skills of criteria analysis of religious institutions and their representatives  with the aim of identifying the destructive sects.

A book has been published which deserves the closest attention. It causes a special interest not only due to its author being a widely known Russian teacher, academician Ya. S. Turbovskoy but, first of all, because it is devoted to the problems which are important and significant today as, perhaps, never before and which concern each of us, the entire society  to the problems of Russian language.