Аннотации:
The article examines one of the problems of teaching Russian as a second language in grades 8-9 in secondary schools of Moldova: selection and presentation of material in an integrated type manual. The concept of integrated type manual is introduced and the teaching material for the literary and thematic unit "Friendship - a school of human feelings" is presented. The article gives reason for the structure of the studied linguistic and literary topics as well as for the ordering of the teaching material; it reveals the principles set into the training system of verbal communication competence.