The collection contains materials of the International scientific and practical conference "Actual issues of linguistics and linguodidactics: traditions and innovations", dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the MPSU . The publications presented in the collection reflect the results of research in the field of linguistics, translation studies, literary studies, theory and methods of teaching native and foreign languages . For all the thematic diversity, the published materials are united by the fact that they are associated with the development of foreign-language education in the modern world. The material is addressed to teachers of higher education, graduate students, undergraduates, students, as well as anyone who is interested in the problems of studying and teaching foreign languages .