The article considers innovative forms of studying and teaching Russian as a foreign language, methods of using new technologies in the practice of teaching non-native language, advantages and disadvantages of new multimedia educational systems. Since teaching a foreign language is, first of all, a communicative activity of students, the teacher needs to intensify the activity of each student in the process of mastering new lexical forms and structures, create living situations for their creative activity. To date, there are many non-standard forms of teacher work that increase the attention and interest of students in both foreign language and culture, history and spiritual heritage of the language studied. This article presents several types of innovative working methods when studying texts, vocabulary and performing practical tasks in a foreign audience.