The density and intensity of long-term contacts between representatives of different cultures have grown significantly and continue to increase. The process of globalization has brought intercultural communication to a new level. In modern linguistics, there are three types of intercultural communication: verbal, non-verbal, paraverbal. In terms of verbal communication, it means language communication. This type of communication is carried out by the exchange of ideas, thoughts, information, as well as emotions and feelings between the interlocutors. In intercultural communication, it is language that acts as the main means of transmitting information, mutual understanding between the interlocutors.
Purpose: The development of linguistic, communicative, sociocultural and further foreign language professional communicative competencies for the active use of language at the everyday and professional level
| Specialist’s competencies map | Core competencies being formed | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Ability to communicate orally and in a written form in a foreign language in new everyday and professional situations. | Ability to express communicative intentions by correct and appropriate linguistic means, consistent with the socio-cultural norms of the language being studied. | |
| Ability to use communicative strategies and tactics, rhetorical, stylistic and linguistic norms and techniques in solving professional problems. |
Courses for minor majors:
- ESP/English for Specific Purposes
- Basics of Academic Writing (in English)
- Basic Foreign Language (German, French, Chinese, and Turkish)
- Labor input: 15 credits
- Prerequisites: no
- Minimum number of listeners: 15
- Maximum number of listeners: 500
