A Cross-Cultural Survey of Students' Expectations of Foreign Language Teachers

The author analyzes the features of cross-cultural training of future foreign language teachers in the context of an adaptive approach. Definition of cross-cultural preparation author formulated as an interrelated activity of the teacher and the students in the process of studying particular subjects or subject areas by means of native and foreign languages. This ensures a high level of command of a foreign language, mastering the content of subject-professional, intercultural and linguistic competences. The author found out that in higher education institutions, cross-cultural training is realized through the intercultural component of foreign language, which helps to form in future teachers of foreign languages the idea of dialogue of cultures as the only possible philosophy of existence in modern multicultural communities, as different socially and differently. and religious tolerance and empathy for other cultures. Conceptual models of intercultural competence developed by foreign scholars are based on concepts such as adaptation, assimilation and adaptation. Pedagogical technology, characterized by an adaptive approach, facilitates, minimizes and streamlines the pedagogical work of the teacher, contributes to mastering future foreign language teachers with the necessary professional competences.

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COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING LINGUOCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS VIA THE COURSE “LINGUISTIC COUNTRY STUDIES”

Modern Tendencies in Pedagogical Education and Science of Ukraine and Israel: the Way to Integration - Modern Tendencies in Pedagogical Education and Science of Ukraine and Israel: the way to integration ◽

10.24195/2218-8584-2018-9-147-152 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 147-152

Author(s):

Halyna Melnychenko ◽

Valentyna Radkina

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Communicative Competence ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Foreign Language Teachers ◽

Cross Cultural Communication ◽

Language Studies ◽

Language Knowledge ◽

Country Study ◽

Communicative Approach

The article substantiates necessity of including linguistic and country study content while developing communicative competence of students; demonstrates a scheme of applying the communicative approach to developing linguocultural competence of students as a system of country-through-language knowledge, skills and motives that enable effective communication in the process of cross-cultural intercourse. The model of developing such competence is based on the principles of authenticity of linguocultural material, philological way of cognition, polychannel perception of information; and encompasses motivating (psychological), orientating (factual) and communicative (subject-oriented, pseudo-communucative, creative) stages. Keywords: communicative competence, cross-cultural communication, country-though-language studies, linguocultural competence, future foreign language teachers, philological training.

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