Statement of the problem. The article describes the method of the "business game", contributing to the formation of communicative competence which is so necessary in today's business intercultural communication. This study demonstrates how, in the course of learning English, such a method as a business game contributes to the formation of communicative competence, which is so necessary in the conditions of modern business intercultural communication. The article emphasizes that business games play a special role in the development of the English language by students of IT, economics and management majors. Creating situations that are close to the real future professional activity will help graduates of these areas of study in the future, since they are more often than others in a situation of international cooperation, where the opportunity to implement the acquired knowledge and competencies is quite high. The main task of this work was to develop a procedure for conducting pair and group work, to determine the scope of potential cross-cultural dissonance, and to propose specific educational situations presented in the form of business games. Results. The article analyzes the use of the communicative method in the study of the English language to form a certain level of communicative and socio-cultural competencies. The algorithm for preparing and conducting a business game is defined, and the main areas of possible cross-cultural misunderstandings are identified. The advantages of conducting a business game as a method of improving the language, speech and socio-cultural components of communicative competence are described. The business game for economics specialties is considered on the examples of business meetings devoted to the discussion of marketing strategies. For students of the IT sphere, the variants of the business game were used, aimed at obtaining the skills of conducting telephone conversations with the purpose of helping the client to resolve problems. An important result is the possibility to improve the level of proficiency of the necessary professional terminology in English, as well as the use of the proposed training situations in the classroom with students of the program of additional professional education "Translator in the field of professional communication". Conclusion. The formation of communicative and socio-cultural skills in the situation of business intercultural communication is one of the most important strategies of modern teaching of any foreign language. The business game, aimed at creating situations that reflect the modern realities of life, namely, to develop the skills of conducting business meetings, discussions, negotiations and solving specific problems, promotes motivated professional-oriented language learning. The use of a business game in the process of mastering the English language helps to overcome the difficulties that specialists in various fields face in the course of their further professional activities.
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Jan 1, 2022
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