PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL APPROACH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the disclosure of the linguistic and cultural approach and conceptual apparatus, development in the system of sciences, and its problems. It has been found that using the theoretical foundations of linguistic and cultural studies and introducing them into the educational process, a linguistic and cultural approach has been formed in linguistic didactics.
 The study of educational content has shown that the didactic essence of the linguistic and cultural approach consists of defining the goals, objectives, content, methods, and forms of its implementation. Based on the analysis of several concepts, the peculiarities of the cultural approach have been identified, and a classification and table of hierarchical dependence of the principles of the linguistic and cultural approach in the foreign language training of future specialists has been created.
 It has been established that the linguistic and cultural approach provides higher education students with the opportunity to master the following skills: to show interest in aspects of another culture, lifestyle, and mentality; find cultural information and materials taking into account the characteristics of a specific group; compare the phenomena of one’s own and foreign cultures; explain differences and overlaps in linguistic intentions; develop effective strategies for intercultural communication; to reveal the interrelationships between different cultures; distinguish linguistic and regional information in authentic materials, comment and supplement it; understand the cultural conditioning of behavioral stereotypes and overcome prejudices; to semanticize non-equivalent vocabulary in a cultural context.
 The author of the article also has attempted to reveal the meaning of the category “approach to learning” in the context of professional foreign language training of humanitarian specialists. Modern characteristics of this category of communication training are analyzed. The main principles of foreign language teaching in higher education institutions are considered.