The article examines the formation of speech interaction skills and the development of teamwork in the process of mastering the stylistic features of the Russian language by Chinese trainees. The use of innovative learning technologies contributes to the achievement of these goals, including interactive technology of mutual learning as one of the most important components of educational communication.The author points at the most important competencies that trainees need for successful learning and mastering the skills of speech interaction in Russian. These include, first of all, communicative competence, which includes language, discursive, conversational, pragmatic (practical), socio-linguistic, strategic and thinking competence. The formation of interpersonal relationships is considered in connection with the formation of a differentiated impact on the communication partner.The main attention is paid to the ways and methods of interactive learning, in which three-level interaction between the teacher and students is carried out, at the levels of educational content, interpersonal relations and self-awareness. The article summarizes the experience of working with Chinese trainees in the process of teaching them to read texts of different styles in Russian classes.

mutual learning technologies, educational communication, communicative competence, student activation, Russian; non-native language