In the course of a theoretical analysis, the concepts of “communication” and “intercultural communication” are clarified, the relevance of intercultural professional and scientific - pedagogical communications in an information society, expanding the scale of intercultural interaction of teachers, is revealed. The necessity of the development of intercultural communicative competence of the teacher as a result of the development of intercultural communications in professional - pedagogical activity is substantiated.
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS AS A SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PHENOMENON