Modern Multicultural Society Research Articles

Столкновение дикости и цивилизации в фэнтези-вестерне Джо Аберкромби «Красная страна»

In the novel Red Country the famous British author Joe Abercrombie carries out a genre experiment combining in one book the features of such distant and incongruous genres as fantasy and Western. He constructs in his imaginary world a territory with all specific characteristics of a Western chronotopos and actively uses typical plot devices of the Western. But on the level of ideas the plot of Red Country comes into a conflict with the basic values of the Western, instilling the clichés borrowed from this genre with a unique author’s meaning. A good example of this is Abercrombie’s unexpected development of the subject of savageness and civilization. A conflict with savage Indians who must give way to the white man and his civilization is an obligatory part of Western ideology. The attitude to savages in Westerns has undergone some changes, but the opposition of savages and the civilized society remains unchanged. In Red Country Abercrombie uses traditional episodes of Indian attacks etc. according to the Western genre conventions, but afterwards he shows the relativity of the ideas of civilization and savageness themselves; since attributing these characteristics to one or the other group of characters depends exclusively on one’s point of view. The problems of the civilization of the Western kind are also highlighted: its coming leads to the destruction of the indigenous ways of life and brings about the reign of unscrupulous greed. Characters, portrayed as traditional savages in the beginning of the novel, are seen later already as bearers of dying ancient cultures. The fact that they are becoming extinct under the pressure of modern civilization does not bring any satisfaction, as a victory over savageness in a Western should do. This is achieved by actualizing the understanding of dying ancient cultures inherent to fantasy. Therefore, the novel Red Country reconsiders the genres of Western and fantasy and supports values of the modern multicultural and post-colonial society.

Підходи до формування міжкультурної компетентності фахівців публічного управління

Statement of the problem. At the present stage of development of a globalised society, the importance of intercultural competence, which should be possessed by specialists in those fields that are directly related to the communication process with partners in the international arena, is increasing. The public sphere is no exception, as it is the place where a layer of specialists is formed to perform important tasks assigned to them by the state. Therefore, the relevance of possessing an adequate level of intercultural competence of public administration professionals is growing, especially in recent years, when Ukraine has declared the European integration vector of its development. Analysis of recent research and publications. The formation of intercultural competence of public administration professionals is studied by such scholars as Y. Vyshnevska, L. Gren, O. Hrybko, H. Kyrychenko, N. Kovalska, V. Marchenko, S. Medvedenko, O. Sytko and many others. They study the peculiarities of forming the communicative competence of public administration specialists, consider ways of forming the communicative component of the leadership potential of government officials, raise the issue of the nature of information and communication mechanisms for shaping the image of public authorities, and analyse communicative tolerance in public administration. Identification of previously unresolved parts of the overall problem. The issue of raising the level of intercultural competence of public administration professionals remains an urgent problem that needs to be addressed in the context of Ukraine's European integration. Summary of the basic research material. The intercultural competence of public administration professionals is seen as a set of skills that form a sufficient and effective dialogue between partners and relevant groups of professionals representing different economic, political, religious, ethnic or national groups. The article highlights the main structural components of intercultural competence of future public administration professionals. Angovernment official must be able to interact with partners who may be representatives of different cultures and ethnicities. Close to this is the ability to conduct a mutually beneficial dialogue and the readiness of specialists to make the most effective decision for the communicators. A high level of dialogue is considered to be the ability of its participants to hear and perceive the position of their opponents. Specialists should have the ability to conduct business negotiations at the highest level, as well as a wide range of techniques and methods of comparison and generalisation. Finally, a public sector professional must be an effective conflict resolution specialist and be able to manage conflict situations. Conclusions. Thanks to developed intercultural communication, dialogue in a modern multicultural society becomes possible, and intercultural competence serves as an effective tool for it. It is able to form an environment that provides for a basic and higher level based on such factors as motivation, skills and knowledge, moral autonomy, creativity and criticism.

A mental spaces analysis of religious identity discourse

Abstract Religious identity is often viewed as a relatively stable construct, reflecting an individual’s personal worldview. However, individuals living within modern multi-cultural societies often must engage in extensive reflection to orient themselves to faith traditions in ways that are coherent and personally relevant. Although some work has examined the connection between narratives of religious experience, identity and cognition (cf. Richardson, 2012; Richardson & Nagashima, 2018; Richardson & Mueller, 2019), the relationship between thinking and speaking about this identity is still a developing area of enquiry, with important consequences for how religious faith and practice are understood. This article presents a detailed analysis of an interview with a UK-based Jewish woman based on the mental spaces (Fauconnier, 1994) and conceptual blending (Fauconnier & Turner, 2002) frameworks. The analysis shows how mental spaces and the relationship between elements within those spaces emerge over the course of a discourse event so as to constitute a personal account of religious identity. The concluding section furthermore discusses how within- and across-space contrast links are utilized, along with general processes of compression and decompression, to develop a blend that dynamically expresses the interviewee’s religious identity as an integrated and coherent position lying between competing attractor states.

In memory of Ziya Kamali (1873–1942) (to the 150th anniversary of his birth)

The year 2023 will be marked by the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian Muslim religious and public figure, theologian, teacher-reformer and educator Ziya Kamali (1873–1942). Anniversary events can serve as a good tool for analyzing trends and prospects for studying the creative heritage of the thinker. The relevance of the topic is due to the growing interest of researchers in the heritage of the thinkers of the Muslim East, the historical experience of various cultural and civilizational traditions in the modern multicultural and multi-confessional society in Russia and globalization in the world. This publication is intended to reflect the main milestones in the life and career of the hero of the day. Particular attention is focused on the personal contribution of Kamali to the formation and development of the Jadid Madrasah "Galiya" (Ufa, 1906–1919), as well as the Tatar women's education in Ufa. Under the leadership of Kamali, Galiya Madrasah became one of the leading Russian Muslim educational institutions, and the summer pedagogical courses organized by the Tatar theologian turned into a kind of educational and methodological center for Russian Muslim teachers. Descriptions are based on prior literature. In addition, for the reconstruction of the creative biography of the famous Jadid, both unpublished archival materials and published sources, in particular, the Tatar pre-revolutionary press, were involved.
 For citation: Akhtyamova A.V. In memory of Ziya Kamali (1873–1942) (to the 150th anniversary of his birth). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2023, vol.13, no.2, pp.128–142. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-2.128-142 (In Russian)

Transmission of Cultural Experience and Social Practices in the Age of Transitivity: The Outcome of an International Scientific and Practical Conference

The results of the discussion of transdisciplinary problems of cultural experience transfer to the growing generation, the use of innovative technologies in psychological practice, the choice of educational strategies in the current socio-cultural situation at the International Research and Practice Conference “Transmission of Cultural Experience and Social Practices in the Age of Transitivity” organized by the Udmurt State University (Izhevsk) on November 15-18, 2022 are presented. As a result of the conference, the need to develop new scientific approaches to address the issues raised in order to preserve the young generation in an era of global geopolitical and socio-cultural transformation, to study the new social situation of human development in a network society organization with a heterogeneous generation and multidirectional intergenerational transmission is noted. One of the most debated issues in contemporary science and psychological practice is the digital gap between different generations, the complication of intergenerational relations. In the context of digitalisation, the education system is faced with the important task of developing new technologies for socialization of the growing generation, aimed at harmonizing the modern technogenic values of world civilization with the timeless traditional values of the peoples of Russia, serving to consolidate modern multicultural Russian society. The conference, marking the thirtieth anniversary of psycho-pedagogical education at Udmurt State University, took place in 2022, declared the Year of Education in Udmurtia by the Head of the Udmurt Republic.

Neo-Hobbesian democracy

In political theory, the criticism of Rawlsian constructivist liberalism has been articulated intheories of political realism. John Gray, one of the promoters of realist liberalism, recommendsa neo-Hobbesian way of social coexistence which is based on the conflictual and antagonisticidea of political life. It takes social values and forms of life as incommensurable in modernmulticultural societies. Taking value-pluralism and its conflicts seriously, a theory of modusvivendi has been articulated among realist political thinkers. Being a post-liberal (or post-Enlightenment) theory, modus vivendi is more a practice oriented and open-ended theory thanphilosophical constructions based on high morality. Modus vivendi theorists make an emphasison the peaceful co-existence of social groups and a moral minimum of the political society. One ofthe deficiency of the theory is that it says not much about democracy, though it would be highlyuseful according to two contextual considerations.On the one hand, a modern political systemwould be impossible or outrageous without any form of democratic legitimacy. On the otherhand, there is an exhaustion of the liberal project(s) and the societies featured by multiculturalprosperity. Besides constitutional protection, defending democracy in this new context meansbalancing between cultural and other value-oriented groups in modern societies. In my paper,I make an attempt to examine the concept of democracy in the light of modus vivendi theory.

Cyber Education for Korean Traditional Seodang Culture and Its Some Implication to Multiculturalism in the Korean Society

Purpose: This study aims to find a way to apply Korean traditional Seodang culture to cyber education and bring some implication to modern Korean society’s multiculturalism. To this end, it understands the characteristics of knowledge and education in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. That is the next-generation industrial revolution made up of the convergence of information and communication technology (ICT). Method: The specific method for this study is based on literature research. To back up the field experience, authors visited the Korean traditional Seodang and interviewed with its Teacher (called Hunjang). Results: The 4th industrial revolution has brought about digital natives who can understand and utilize that civilization freely. They make great use of and enjoy digital environments such as personal computer, cellular phone, and the internet. These digital natives are consumers and producers of civilization at the same time. In particular, there has been a great transition from untact to ontact after beginning of COVID-19. Requests to consider virtual reality and metaverse have increased. This study suggested some concrete ways to respond to such a trend of civilization transformation. Conclusion: Digital civilization is not limited to education, but dominates the entire modern civilization. There-fore, a practical way to adapt the very traditional Seodang culture to this modern civilization was presented. Such efforts break away from the passive attitude of continuing the tradition. Furthermore, it will contribute to strengthening the media literacy competency of today s youth and bridging the digital gap between the traditions of the past and modern civilization. Seodang, a traditional cultural content in modern Korean society, is expected to be a medium that goes beyond just one of cultural assets and enriches the complex and diverse multicultural situation. This idea comes from that Seodang in the Korean tradition attempted a voluntary bottum-up of voluntary education oriented toward the spirit of the times in a rural society. Modern Seodang culture can be contribut-ed to Korean modern multicultural society.

Features of the construction of masculinity in the context of globalization

The article deals with the problem of masculinity construction in the modern globalizing world. The main theoretical approaches, applying for analyzing of different masculinity types in globalizing world, are stood out. Special attention is paid to the consideration of three theories — the theory of gender socialization, the theory of social construction of gender and the theory of gender order. The positive and some limited effects of these theories for masculinity analyzing in the context of transformation of masculinity traditional types in the modern world are underlined. The author allocates the main agents of gender socialization, influencing the construction of masculinity identity. It is emphasized that the significance of religious institutions continues to be rather influential, but different trends towards masculinity formation are being appeared inside them, particularly, between representatives of traditional views and those who are aimed at liberalization. In spite of globalization processes increase, revealing particularly in the expansion of immigrant flows, the influence of ethnicity in the context of masculinity formation is still an important factor, forming the notions of masculinity. Attention is paid to the appearance of new types of masculinities due to the increasing of interaction between different cultures in conditions of global communication provided by modern technologies. The analysis of contemporary sociological studies gives the possibility to sight that in modern multicultural societies the variety of masculinities is increasing as among representatives of different cultures inside the united states as among representatives of different social classes, inside the same culture and the same organization. Furthermore, inside them there is often distinguished understanding of masculinity, so the construction of masculinity is carried out according to different scenarios.

Teaching about Indigenous peoples in the EFL classroom: Practical approaches to the development of intercultural competence

AbstractThis article considers how theories about intercultural competence can be used when teaching about Indigenous peoples in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Intercultural understanding and communicative competence are important skills for pupils to develop for living in modern multicultural societies. Although based on the requirements of the Norwegian curriculum, the suggestions made in this article are applicable to all EFL classrooms where topics relating to Indigenous peoples are taught. After brief discussion of relevant theories concerning the development of intercultural competence, practical approaches to teaching are suggested. These can guide teachers when creating teaching modules on topics relating to Indigenous peoples. The article discusses how using authentic materials, avoiding stereotyping, and redressing the balance of power when teaching about Indigenous peoples in the EFL classroom can lead to the development of intercultural understanding. The practical approaches for how pupils can work with topics relating to Indigenous peoples include suggestions for activities and discussion questions taken from the author’s own teaching materials.

Tolerance development while teaching foreign languages for business communication

The paper deals with the problem of tolerance development while teaching foreign languages for business communication. The urgency of the problem regarded is justified by the need of developing a person ready to a balanced and happy life in the modern multicultural society, as well as by the significance of tolerance as a professionally important quality and as a factor of creating a psychologically safe and comfortable environment for educational process. The great potential of the course Business foreign language for tolerance development is explained through opportunities to use the axiological approach and the well-known idea of the dialog of cultures, through extensive communication practice, as well as through opportunities for familiarizing with the ethics of business communication always based on the respectful attitude to the partner. The process of tolerance development breaks into three main steps in accordance to the three components of the traditional psychological model of tolerance: 1) giving information about the tolerance and its social importance (cognitional component), 2) development of values-based attitude towards the tolerance (emotional-axiological component), 3) use of the newly acquired value system in communication (behavioral component). The thematic content of the course and the most effective teaching methods are regarded.

The emotional technology of foreign-language education and its use at the level of an axiological micro-discourse

The problem for the research. Today the most important educational task is raising a harmoniously developed personality, competitive and in demand in the modern multicultural society. The problem for our research is the search in the system of school foreign-language education for the conditions for the development of such a personality, known as the “intercultural language personality”. Methods of investigation. The experimental part of the study was conducted on the bases of Kirov Lyceum of Natural Sciences and a secondary school with in-depth study of some subjects in the town of Nolinsk, Kirov Region (32 third-grade students). Special diagnostic tools were applied to identify the results of using an emotional technology of foreign-language education at the level of an axiological micro-discourse: the success rate as the indicator of the level of students’ skills and habits in the field of the “intellectual” unit of foreign-language education content; a series of methods for determining students’ mastery in the sphere of the emotional component (“Proficiency in the system of national and universal values”; “Three wishes”; “Research of volitional self-regulation”; “Who am I?”; “Incomplete sentences”. The findings of the study. The results of the study showed that at the level of an axiological micro-discourse the indicators of proficiency in both “intellectual” and the emotional component of foreign-language education content increased in 97 % of the third-graders, participating in the experiment. The statistical characteristics of the results indicate that they are not random in nature, but are explained by the conduct of experimental work. By its end the standard deviation of the students proficiency in the “intellectual” module of the content of foreign-language education decreased by 0.05; in the emotional component – by 1. The Fisher test data were 1.89/1 and 1.3/1, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusions. As a result of achieving the goal of the article, the emotional technology of foreign-language education is presented, and the specificities of its use at the level of an axiological micro-discourse are shown. New terms were introduced: “an emotional technology of foreign-language education”, “an axiological micro-discourse”.

Evolution and crisis of multiculturalism in light of the ideas of polyethnic (cross-cultural) justice

The goal of this research lies in analyzing the essence and problems of the genesis of multiculturalism and its varieties, factors of crisis in its development, and overcoming the crisis situation in a broad ethical-philosophical context. The author demonstrates that the construction of multicultural society should be based not on a limited understanding of culture as a set of religious statutes, ethnic norms, customs and traditions, but on the philosophical conceptualization of culture as a system that forms profound values, the crucial of which is justice. Special attention is given to substantiation of the categories of “social justice” and “law”, which manifest as the essential grounds of a modern multicultural society. It is demonstrated that social justice is the determining basis for the development of modern multicultural societies, i.e. the necessary condition for harmonious coexistence of individuals, groups and society as a whole. The conclusion is made that on the one hand, the globalization processes strengthen the integration, forming a single sociocultural space, while on the other hand, complicate the adaptation of ethnic cultures and their representatives, which generates tension in cross-cultural interaction, as well as inclusion and positive reliance on social justice as the fundamental value of any society allows finding the ethical measure in regulation of issues emerging in modern multicultural societies.

СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ СИСТЕМЫ, МОДЕЛИ, ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ: АНАЛИЗ ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИХ ПОДХОДОВ

This article aims to consider key concepts and models from the theory of social systems that can be used as a theoretical basis for conducting cultural and anthropological research. Based on the analysis of a number of authoritative sources, attention was focused on the activity approach, which takes into account the role of the elements of the system (a person, specific communities and groups) in its functioning and change. In addition, the issue of the dynamics of social systems of different types (classical, nonclassical and postclassical) was analyzed, which allows you to pay attention to the transformations taking place in a modern multicultural urban society or the traditional society of an ethnic village, to identify their regularity, to fix the direction. Also in this work, models of social transformations in culture are considered - Westernization, destabilization, assimilative-religious, and in our opinion the most effective is the modernization-traditionalist model, the elements of which contribute to the preservation of traditional value dominants and allow you to develop a program for the sustainable development of a state, region or small territory in the global world.

Lviv's Uncertain Destination: A City and Its Train Terminal from Franz Joseph I to Brezhnev by Andriy Zayarnyuk

Reviewed by: Lviv's Uncertain Destination: A City and Its Train Terminal from Franz Joseph I to Brezhnev by Andriy Zayarnyuk Simone Attilio Bellezza (bio) Andriy Zayarnyuk, Lviv's Uncertain Destination: A City and Its Train Terminal from Franz Joseph I to Brezhnev (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020). 372 pp., ills. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 978-1-4875-0519-6. In recent years, urban history has become particularly popular in Ukrainian studies. The field has been enriched with excellent publications, such as Serhii Bilenky's analysis of Kyiv's imperial development, which was awarded the American Association for Ukrainian Studies book prize in 2019.1 Reviewed here, Andriy Zayarnyuk's book about Lviv was awarded the same prize the following year. These are just two examples of numerous books and articles produced over the past decade that have been dedicated to the history of various Ukrainian cities: Odes(s)a, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, and Donetsk. East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies periodically devotes special issues to the history of individual Ukrainian cities. Urban history provides an excellent context for studying the practices of daily life and the evolving sense of belonging as conditioned by cultural, social, and spatial factors. These topics [End Page 252] are also central for the research program of the innovative Center for Urban History of Lviv, where Zayarnyuk served as director for a few years. I believe that the high interest in urban history reflects Ukrainian society's concern about its political and national integrity, which has been further exacerbated by Russia's invasion. Cities present a model of a modern multicultural society, so the history of Lviv or Kyiv helps make sense of the existing differences and offers a story of successful construction of local, national, and transnational collective identities. The city of Lviv has attracted the most attention from historians, with numerous studies tracing out its transformation from a Polish city to Ukraine's second capital. Among more specific topics in the histories of Lviv are its Nazi occupation, the experience of migrants during the Soviet period, and the public memory of World War II victims. In the introduction to his book, Zayarnyuk explains how his work differs from previous scholarship in at least three aspects. First, it follows the so-called material turn in historiography, taking the railway station as the central point for an "archaeological" analysis of the materiality of the four regimes that ruled Lviv. Second, Zayarnyuk departs from the tendency to discuss Lviv simply as part and parcel of the region of Eastern Galicia, thus ignoring the specificity of the urban society. Third, he criticizes historians' preoccupation with ethnic differences in Lviv, which has led them to view nationality as the primary historical factor. Instead, Zayarnyuk underscores the role of social conditions in history, given that the absolute majority of Lviv's inhabitants were wageworkers and that "this experience was far more fundamental than either ethnicity or language" (P. 10). These principles have been implemented in the book with various degrees of success. Zayarnyuk consistently focuses on the experience of railway workers under the different political regimes that administered the city, supporting his argument that the ethnolinguistic factor plays a secondary role in the urban society. This proves more convincing in the part concerning the Habsburg period, as the workers' sense of political belonging to the socialist movement outweighed their national differences. However, overall, government agencies and outstanding individuals remain the principle historical actors in the book, and these actors seem to have attributed great value to ethnic, linguistic, and religious affiliations. Contrary to the author's intentions, the narrative rather corroborates the relevance of national dynamics in the historical evolution of Lviv. This is probably due to Zayarnyuk's lack of theoretical reflection [End Page 253] on social belonging and a reconstruction of social groups' agency (I would have written "classes," but Zayarnyuk does not use this term). Taking these factors for granted, he centers the study on the railway station as if it were a neutral and selfreferential medium of social interaction or a historical object with clear boundaries and fixed qualities. But it is not, and the available historical sources concerning the Lviv railway station were produced...

The Integrative Nature of Interculturalism in Galicia at The Beginning of the 20th Century

The article outlines the main aspects of interculturalism in Galicia at the beginning of the 20th century. The interculturalism has been defined as the initial basis of communication, formed by a combination of social and educational environment. In modern society with many political and intercultural problems, the communicative competence and formation of tolerant attitudes towards people play a significant role. Linguistic education is one of the main tasks of educational pedagogy, linguistics, methodology, language rules, principles, and methods of teaching, ways of investigating education. The level of language culture of the personality in the mother tongue and foreign languages is evidence of the development of linguistic competence. The changes in the cultural sphere of society determine the need to investigate linguistic problems, focusing on improving language culture to achieve efficiency. The language problems have gone beyond the framework of philology and have become the general problems of society to regulate language culture in the process of social communication, social processes, the development of society as a whole system. In the political sphere, the culture of language promotes the emergence of mutual interest and respect between people of different nationalities and the stabilization of interethnic and international relations. The described innovative approach in the organization of social communication and interculturalism in Galicia space can be creatively and practically adapted in the conditions of any modern multicultural society.

Updating mediation activities of social and educational sphere specialists in the context of digitalization

In the context of changes in the socio-economic environment caused by digitalization and globalization of the modern multicultural society, the mediation activities of specialists of "helping professions"are updated. Based on the current Russian legislation and existing empirical and personal experience, the article substantiates the importance of the mediation approach for the safe and effective functioning of the social and educational sphere. It is emphasized that the modern system of higher professional education, based on the postulates of this approach, can make a significant contribution to the training of specialists and the creation of conditions for the organization of both the educational process and the functioning of educational institutions themselves, ensuring the safety of the environment and excluding the occurrence of conflicts, including various threats and challenges of modernity.

Stages and trends in the development of foreign language education in the context of future teachers' training

It is generally accepted in the scientific discourse that the existing system of foreign language education is the result of its long historical development, therefore, the analysis and generalization of the historical experience of this industry is necessary during the modernization of modern humanitarian education in Ukraine. The analysis of historical, social, cultural and, pedagogical conditions and factors that led to changes in the purpose, tasks and, the content of foreign-language education in Ukraine made it possible to determine three stages of the development of foreign language education in the context of future physical education teachers‟ preparation at pedagogical universities in Ukraine from the middle of the ХХ to the beginning of the ХХІ century. The first stage (1950-1960) is the stage of forming the general scientific interest in the phenomenon of foreign- language education. The second stage (1970-1980) is foreign language education in the conditions of higher education reform. The third stage (1990-2018) is the stage of sustainable development of foreign language education in the conditions of integration into the European educational space. The historiographic analysis made it possible to determine the interdisciplinary essence of foreign language education, which is that: learning of any non-native language has to be accompanied by studying the culture of the people, which develops the ability to understand world culture as a whole, forms the ability to navigate in a modern multicultural and information society.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS IN CONDITIONS OF MULTICULTURAL REGION

The urgency of the problem under research has been conditioned by the needs of education, which has been intensively modernized and thus needs specialists, in particular educational managers, who are multiculturally competent. Educational managers, due to the heterogeneity of teams in terms of cultural values, beliefs, social orientations and attitudes, should take a socially active position, direct staffs of educational establishments to promote humanistic ideals, tolerance, and promote awareness of the value of their ethnicity and subculture without infringing of the culture and traditions of other ethnic groups. This article has examined the content of educational managers in a multicultural region, which is an extremely important issue for modern multicultural society. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the professional activity of educational managers in a multicultural region. Research methods: analysis and systematization of scientific sources, Internet resources for the purpose of theoretical substantiation of the researched problem. According to multi-ethnic nature of Ukraine and based on the modern provisions of educational management, the authors have revealed the main factors that ensure effective professional activity in the conditions of the multicultural region. There has been a need to introduce a multicultural component in the content of training of future educational managers at higher educational establishment. Based on the generalized scientific information, it has been established that the formed multicultural and cross-cultural competencies of educational managers contribute to the implementation of managing activities in a multicultural region. Educational managers, according to the authors ideas, should: have knowledge of the basics of multicultural education, in particular the specifics of the region in which this activity has been carried out; have formed multicultural competence (sufficient and high level); have the basic provisions for creating a multicultural educational environment of the institution; to be guided by the basic provisions of cross-cultural management, which includes the formed cross-cultural competence; to possess innovative technologies of educational institution management in a multicultural region, etc. Taking into account these aspects has been a necessary condition for the professional activity of a modern educational manager in the conditions of multicultural region.

Письменная дискурсивная компетенция как составная часть коммуникативной компетентности студентов вузов в области иностранных языков

The article covers the issues of forming written discursive competence as the basis for written foreign language communication of university students. The introduction of new standards of education, which reflect the social order of the modern multicultural and information society, required the universities to create optimal conditions for learning foreign language communication in order to solve problems of interpersonal and intercultural interaction at the global level. In this regard, to ensure socio-cultural mobility of university graduates, the teaching of written foreign language communication should occupy an important place in the educational process. At the same time, the authors have made an attempt to reveal the structure and content of components of written discursive competence as a component of foreign language communication competence in the context of its application in foreign language classes in the conditions of a non-linguistic university. The authors analyze a large number of scientific and theoretical literary sources on the investigated problem, on the basis of which they justify the possibility of considering the language component as a component of written discursive competence, along with strategic, tactical, genre, text, linguo-rhetorical components in order to improve the quality of written works. In conclusion, the authors conclude that the ability of a writer as an individual according to the sociocultural situation and communicative task to create different types of discourse for participation in written foreign language communication with the intended recipient in order to achieve the expected result defines written discursive competence as a component of foreign language communicative competence of a graduate.

SHAPING MAIN SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ETHNO-TOLERANCE WITH THE MEANS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC RESOURCES OF THE TEACHING PROCESS

The modern multicultural society is a complex social organism in which the understanding of the person’s place and significance, his role and responsibility is often on the edge of intolerance towards people of different nationalities. The processes of a person’s interaction in the society have the diverse nature but the issue of intercultural and interreligious interaction is especially critical in the context of increasingly complicated cultural and political situation in our country as well as the escalation of the interethnic and inter-confessional conflicts and nationalist extremism and terrorism occurrence [10].