Radif Rifkatovich Zamaletdinov,
Kazan Federal University,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Каzan, 420008, Russia,
2011kolil@mail.ru.
Mirfatykh Zakievich Zakiev,
Academy of Sciences, the Republic of Tatarstan,
20 Bauman Str., Kazan, 420111, Russia,
m.z.zakiev@mail.ru.
Naila Nuryikhanovna Fattakhova,
Kazan Federal University,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Каzan, 420008, Russia,
Nailya.Fattahova@ksu.ru.
The article studies the academic activity of L.Z.Shakirova, Doctor of Pedagogy, the founder of the Kazan linguistic and methodological school. All scientific works by L.Z.Shakirova, conceptual in essence and fact-orientated, are devoted to one of the cardinal issues: methods of teaching Russian in ethnic schools. Focused on methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language, L.Z.Shakirova's research is characterized by its high linguistic level and a contrastive analysis of Russian and the native language.
Key words: linguist and methodologist, linguistic methodology, principles of linguistic methodology, methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language.