On November 13, Professor Oleg Redkin, Head of the Chair of Arabic Philology and Olga Bernikova, associate professor of the same chair, conducted webinar “Writing research and methodological works” for teachers and students of Dagestan Institute of Arts and Humanities. Their lecture was devoted to various aspects related to way to improve skills in academic writing. Researchers discussed possible models of a research paper structure, proper ways to select sources and scientific literature. Students also received answers to their questions related to improving the quality of publications and the preventing incorrect borrowing (plagiarism).