FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPLICANTS FOR PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of foreign language training of students of non-core specialties for professionally oriented intercultural communication taking into account the peculiarities of the process of communicative intercultural interaction. Psychological factors that affect the effectiveness of foreign language intercultural communication are analyzed. The specifics of the process of foreign language intercultural communication and the features of the development of a new cultural consciousness, or secondary linguistic personality are described. The socio-psychological preconditions of foreign language training of students for professionally oriented intercultural communication are determined. These preconditions are the following: 1) the ability of the individual to perform various types of speech and thinking activities in terms of social interaction with representatives of other linguistic and ethno-societies and their culture; 2) the potential possibility to change the student’s consciousness, the coexistence of two different aspects of object vision and phenomena of the world, which are represented by two different languages and cultures, which provides the ability to understand “pictures of the world” of another social community; 3) psychological readiness of the student for the dialogue of cultures, provided by the development of his/her personal qualities that affect the success of professionally oriented intercultural communication. The emphasis is placed on the fact that the process of professional foreign language training should be aimed at the development and self-improvement of the individual, the disclosure of its reserved capabilities and creative potential, the formation of socially active and independent personality in the context of dialogue / polylogue of cultures. One of the ways to solve these problems is to shift attention from the educational process to its results, focus the education content on the competence approach and find the effective mechanism for its implementation to achieve the goals and results of educational activities. The scientific significance of the research lies in the generalization of theoretical provisions on the specifics of the process of foreign language intercultural communication and the peculiarities of the development of a new cultural consciousness, or secondary linguistic personality.