Наглядность в обучении филологов-русистов на начальном этапе владения русским языком

The paper contains a short analysis of neurodidactic rules – a new discipline making use of the latest discoveries about the process of knowledge acquisition by a human brain. The practical part of the article includes the account of outcomes of an experiment. It was based on the comparison of the results of vocabulary teaching with the use of the visual method in the experimental group vs. the results achieved with the use of an explication method in the control group of the Russian department students. The research has confirmed the hypothesis that the visual method, traditionally applied to children, is more effective in teaching adults as well. This article also incorporates proposals of foreign language teaching techniques founded on visuality.