The article examines one of the most topical problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language, that is, the essence of the textual competence and the ways of its formation at an integrated lesson while studying fiction texts. Interactive educational techniques, enhancing the formation and development of the textual abilities and skills and stimulating students to create their own evaluative viewpoints are being used in the recommended forms and modes of organizing the work with the text. As an example, the article describes the work with a poetic text – Nikolai Rubtsov's poetry (block literary themed "Motherland ... Why do we love it?").