Peculiarities of studying foreign languages in Russia in different historical periods

In the context of the humanization and humanitarization of education a lot of attention is paid to individual abilities of a person. He becomes an active participant of the educational process. Studying of foreign languages becomes one of the main components assisting a child to develop his/her individuality, to form intercultural communicative competence which helps successful communication with the representatives of different countries; it is the way to know the values of a civilized world. So in this article the ideas of human pedagogy are presented, the main stages of studying foreign languages in the world and in Russian school are discussed.