LIFELONG FOREIGN LANGUAGES LEARNING IN RUSSIA: BENEFITS, TOOLS AND CHALLENGES

Ever-changing reality of the 21st century requires learning throughout the life, in order to adjust to new circumstances and remain competitive in the labor market. It is not surprising that lifelong learning is one of the most important issues of the European Union's education policy. This question has been addressed as well in Russian's educational policy but has its own peculiarities. This article reveals the benefits and challenges of lifelong foreign languages learning in Russia. The author also enumerates tools, that help us reach our goals and stay motivated through the ages while mastering our language skills. The present research aims to sum up advantages and challenges of lifelong language learning and to suggest some effective ways to deal with them. In order to gain the required information and analyze it qualitative methods (observation and in-depth interviews) were used. Furthermore, the author studied a wide range of literature dedicated to the present subject. Notwithstanding the fact that some of the issues that have been raised in this paper could not find a solution within this particular research and further studies on the subject are still required, we can safely conclude that number of the tools that help Russians learn throughout their lives instantly increases; and that benefits of the lifelong foreign languages learning outweigh its disadvantages.