The article actualizes the importance of the self-educational competence of students in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language in terms of a synergistic approach. Self-education is considered as a value component of professionally oriented training, and technologies for the development of self-educational competence are considered in the context of military linguodidactics. The author considers technologies that take into account the emotional orientation of educational materials to enhance the cognitive activity of students, strengthen their motivation, develop creative potential, critical and analytical thinking, as effective teaching tools.