Abstract: The subject of the research is the introductory words and word combinations of emotional evaluation as a type of extended sentence from the point of view of linguistic methodology. The object of the research is the methodological grounds for teaching introductory words to Chinese students. Zhukova provides an insight into introductory words and word combinations as well as functional semantic groups of introductory words. She also gives a detailed description of introductory words with emotional (positive or negative) evaluation. Based on the analysis of using introductory words with positive or negative emotional evaluation in literary texts (novels 'Leonardo's Hand', 'The White Dove of Kordova', 'Petrushka Syndrome' from Dina Rubina's trilogy 'The Air Men'), Zhukova establishes the principles of teaching Chinese students how to use introductory words with emotinal evaluation. The structural semantic analysis of introductory words by using the comparison method, in particular, comparison of such words to similar forms in Chinese has allowed to define peculiarities of the semantics and functions of introductory words in the Russian language. The author has used the continuous sampling method to collect the material for the research. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that introductory words and word combinations with emotional evaluation are viewed on the basis of literary works, in particular, Dina Rubina's trilogy 'The Air Men' (Leonardo's Hand, The White Dove of Kordova, Petrushka's Syndrome). The main conclusion of the research is that this is the best approach to teaching Russian as a foreign language when it comes to introductory words due to the variety and polyfunctionality of these expressive means.