CORRECTING PERCEPTION AND PRONUNCIATION COMPETENCES OF NORWEGIANS STUDYING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

This article considers the importance of phonetics in learning Russian as a foreign language. Oral communication is impossible without phonetics. Moreover, a good knowledge of phonetics is the key to successful communication. In a real speech, different levels of a language system interact and form a single unit. Good perception and pronunciation skills are necessary to form and develop skills and abilities in all types of speech activity - listening, speaking, reading and writing. In the article the author analyses typical perception and pronunciation difficulties at the segmental level among Norwegians who study Russian as a foreign language and offers some exercises to correct phonetic mistakes at this level.