Abstract

The acceleration of global changes taking place in various spheres of life of our society, changes in the structure of the labor market and qualification requirements of various professions suggest new approaches and assessment of the level of intercultural professional competence. A deductive method based on empirical generalizations was used for the study. The purpose of this research is to identify the place and role of intercultural competences, intercultural communication in general in the formation of professional competencies in the context of digital learning technologies use. The problem of relationship between applied teaching methods and sociocultural, as well as psycho-emotional factors is investigated. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing company personnel: a personal questionnaire and a behavioral interview. The survey was used in groups of students of economic specialties studying German as a second foreign language. The theoretical and practical parts of the study showed that changes in the nature of human communication in modern conditions are irreversible and rapid, exerting a global impact on the culture and education of a person. Researchers are actively exploring dynamics and transformations of professional competencies, as well as methods for determining the levels of various types of competencies. The novelty of this study lies in raising the question of developing a methodology for testing the level of intercultural professional competence, taking into account factors of the impact of a digital environment on its formation.

Highlights

  • IntroductionIn the mentality of Germans these values are the priority

  • Chernyshova and Romanova O.A. argue their studies in Moscow schools have shown a positive effect of a frequent use of electronic resources for educational purposes [15]

  • We concluded that the following questions remain open: what are the “universal” components of intercultural competence and the criteria of its assessment, how can the basic level of professional intercultural competence be assessed and to what extent does it depend on mentality and general professional competencies?

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Introduction

In the mentality of Germans these values are the priority. Many scholars in their publications analyze the process of socio-cultural changes and its impact on a worldview, in which strategies are reassessed [2]. Intercultural forecasting, i.e., consideration of the situation and its development, from the point of view of international processes, too, is becoming more and more important. This technology is interdisciplinary and has an integrative and stabilizing function

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