Formation of Language Competence: Modern Issues and Strategies in the Area of Cross-Cultural Communication

Larisa Kosareva,Oksana Zakirova,Olga Evreeva

doi:10.20896/saci.v7i3.525

Abstract

In the framework of globalisation, the development of cross-cultural communication skills is of high interest. However, there is no due attention paid to the development of intercultural language competence in all universities as well as the possibility to share it directly with native interlocutors of the other culture. The objective of the article is to define the critical complexities in the area of cross-cultural communication among those who study a foreign language. Another objective is to elaborate recommendations that will enable the solution of the issues in the area of cross-cultural communication within up-to-date education. As a result, the researchers’ have organised and carried out the survey among 650 linguistic students of the 4th course from four largest Russian higher educational institutions (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and Moscow State University). The outcomes of the research can be used in future as the basis for the development of cross-cultural communication for university students, which should have cross-cultural competence.

Highlights

Due to increased global mobility and available technologies that make cross-cultural communication easier on various continents, researches in the area of cross-cultural communication today are more relevant rather than before (Barrett, 2013)
It is necessary to monitor whether all aspects of cross-cultural communication competence have been taken into account, that their connection to the training becomes evident and that they can be understood by all participants of the talk (Spencer-Rodgers & McGovern, 2002)
85% of the students are capable of differing these concepts that testify for positive results of teaching foreign languages

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Introduction

Due to increased global mobility and available technologies that make cross-cultural communication easier on various continents, researches in the area of cross-cultural communication today are more relevant rather than before (Barrett, 2013). The latest model of communication competence keeps the leading position of social and cultural communication (Safina, 2014; Lantz-Deaton, 2017). The latter means pragmatic knowledge of the speaker, namely how in a due manner to express oneself in an entire social and cultural context of the talk. It is necessary to monitor whether all aspects of cross-cultural communication competence have been taken into account (completeness), that their connection to the training becomes evident (consistency) and that they can be understood by all participants of the talk (Spencer-Rodgers & McGovern, 2002)

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