1. Language: Lingvo-Didactic Description in RFL. It describes phonetics, grammar and vocabulary of the Russian language in subject-specific and universal perspective; strategies and tactics of the speech behaviour of the native speakers; contemporary language processes and their reflection in speech.
2. Co-research of language and culture. The main concerns are: culture-specific units of the Russian language; language map of the world: universal and culture-specific; stereotypes of culture-specific perception of the world; dialogue of cultures; Russian linguistic personality in cross-cultural communication; experimental research on national linguistic consciousness.3. Text: Types of Texts and Linguistic Units. Selection criteria and arrangement of linguistic units in forming primary speech genres as compositional units and their interrelation in a text as a whole.4. RFL Teaching: Theory and Practice. Terminology of the methodology: current state and issues. Up-to-date study guide on RFL: its aim and scope. Acquiring and mastering communicative skills with regard to the target audience and level of education:  innovative technologies. Teaching cross-cultural communication.