The object of this article is the linguodidactic principles in the pedagogical heritage of the famous Kazakh methodologist of the 2nd half of the 20th century, Nurtazina Rafika Bekenovna, the central idea of whose work was the activation of cognitive activity of students in Kazakh schools in Russian language and literature lessons. The appeal to this topic is due to the fact that the fundamental principles of its activity have found a logical continuation in modern anthropocentrically oriented linguodidactics. And this seems quite logical in terms of the continuity of linguodidactic traditions. The purpose of this article is to identify the general and specific in the linguodidactic activities of R.B. Nurtazina through the prism of the modern scientific and educational paradigm.