Intercultural communicative competence development of bachelor-students within the discipline “Foreign Language”

We substantiate the necessity of teaching the basics of intercultural communicative competence of bachelor students within the discipline “Foreign Language”. We separate the terms communicative competence and intercultural communicative competence, and also connect the success of its implementation with such basic conditions of its success as psychological motivation, cultural knowledge and empathy. We consider the scope of application of communicative competence in practice and make the conclusion that one of the important positions in the course of teaching communicative skills is the formation of empathy. We give a brief review of the stages of formation of intercultural communicative competence. Emphasized importance of the stage of transition from a monocultural personality to an open personality to the perception and understanding of other cultural systems. We conclude that it is necessary to provide students with special knowledge and complex skills that form their specific communication skills in real situations of intercultural interaction with representatives of different cultures: the assumption of the “other” as an equal category of the universe; awareness of their own cultural and individual values; ability to consider the same situation from different positions at the same time; possession of directed imagination and empathy.

culture, intercultural communicative competence, intercultural dialogue, communication, motivation, skills, empathy