Students from Turkmenistan have been studying at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University at various faculties for the second year. They acquire knowledge not only in their specialty, but also study the Russian language at the Department of Russian Philology and World Literature of the Faculty of Philology. Acquaintance with the language of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky is not limited only to academic studies. Foreign students practice their language skills at meetings in the "Russian World" ethnoclub, the purpose of which is to develop communication skills, to form the skills of conducting discussions in Russian; stimulating the creative activity of foreign students studying Russian as a foreign language; social and cultural adaptation of foreign students. Students from Turkmenistan enjoy learning not only Russian, but also Russian culture.

               The Ethnoclub "Russian World" of the Faculty of Philology and World Languages ​​held its next open educational event online on the topic: "Magic Russian words (teaching Russian speech etiquette)". The club meeting was devoted to the discussion of the rules of Russian speech etiquette. Students rediscovered such familiar words as “hello”, “goodbye”, “sorry”, etc., which they use every day in their speech, learned the story of their origin, interesting historical facts and took an active part in the film quiz on the names of Russian films and cartoons with these words. Every time foreign students look forward to meetings in the ethnoclub, which take place in a cheerful, relaxed atmosphere, and are very happy making their little discoveries of the great language.