Technology of dialogic interaction as a means of fostering polyculturalism with future foreign language teachers

Abstract

The paper aims to emphasize the importance of educational technology connected with dialogic interaction under the communicative approach in the methodological apparatus for fostering and cultivating polyculturalism among master students, who train to become foreign language teachers / instructors in future. The concept and technology of dialogic interaction is interpreted as a variety in the humanities-oriented technologies and a means of social organization and interaction between man and the world around. Such understanding allows peoples as ethnic group representatives and individuals to express their personal attitude to the surrounding world and regulate the nature of such relations with the world, whether it is man’s interaction with nature, technology, information, people, themselves. It is agreed with the generally known idea that the study of several foreign languages is the key to a successful career of a qualified specialist, which is always in demand in the labor market, inasmuch able to work effectively in the specialty at the level of globally set standards. In the course of study, it is found and verified that today at the stage of foreign language(s) acquisition, the process of fostering and cultivating poly- / multiculturalism with master students, who are training to be future teachers of foreign languages, should be implemented as a purposeful systematic activity that implements a number of functions. These functions are cultural and comparative, value-forming, and socially integrative, and aim at achieving professional development and sociocultural skills of master students, who will make into foreign language teachers / instructors. The findings lead to conclude that the technology of dialogic interaction is considered an effective means of fostering polyculturalism with future teachers / instructors of foreign language(s) in the process of learning such foreign languages at university. Consequently, the technology of dialogic interaction appears as a set of forms, tools and techniques that is ensured via a combination of linguistic and cultural practice along with other activities. Such activities are supposed to include each and vary from informational, cognitive, value-oriented to artistic and aesthetic activities.