The textbook is included in the line of UMK T.A. Ladyzhenskaya, M.T. Baranova, L.A. Trostentsova and others. The updated textbook implements the idea of ​ ​ integrated language and speech training, which involves the formation of linguistic and communicative competencies, as well as the involvement of a large amount of cultural information. New decoration, improved methodological apparatus of the textbook contribute to the optimization of the educational process.