TO THE QUESTION OF FORMATION OF THE INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

Kudabayeva P.A.

International Kazakh-Turkish University H.A.Yasawi, Turkestan city

The president of our country N. Nazarbayev in his lecture «To the economic knowledge through innovative knowledge» says: «The main goal of our Kazakhstan in entering to 50 competitive countries in the world is to bring up a high qualified educated person who will easily master the scientific technology, manage himself and will be able to use his theoretical knowledge in practice. In the concept of education formation till 2015 year of the Republic of Kazakhstan the main aim of the competent education is characterized as «...the formation of an individual who is able to develop himself, on the basis of deep knowledge freely carry out himself and is able to solve the problems and take right decisions» [1].

The process of globalization, developing at the moment, leads to increase interaction of different countries, peoples and their cultures. Influence comes true through cultural exchanges and direct contacts between public institutions, social groups, social movements, through scientific cooperation, trade, tourism, etc. the communication with foreigners is becoming a reality, and the collision with the representatives of other culture is a part of our daily life. Increasingly, schools will exchange students and school children, teachers organize joint projects and internships abroad, participating thus in intercultural communication and dialogue of cultures.

An achievement of mutual understanding in the process of intercultural communication promotes intercultural competence. Intercultural competence is the ability to carry out communication in a foreign language, taking into account cultural differences and stereotypes of thinking.

The study of the problems of intercultural communication assumes the acquaintance with the following phenomena and concepts: the principles of communication, the main functions of culture, the influence of culture on perception and communication in its various areas and species, parameters to describe the influence of culture on human activity and the development of society [2, p.73].

The formation of intercultural competence should be considered in connection with the development of students' ability to participate in the dialogue of cultures on the basis of mutual respect principles, tolerance to cultural differences and cultural barriers overcoming. Intercultural learning is aimed at developing students' ability to intercultural communication and promotes awareness of the students’ belonging to a particular ethnic group, as well as familiarization with the traditions and cultural differences of other cultures.

A modern man, who speaks foreign languages, is involved in the process of communication with other people who are the representatives of their cultures. In this regard, studying a foreign language is required not only to have a rich vocabulary and pronunciation in a decent, well-known foreign language grammar, but also to form an intercultural competence. This competence involves achieving a level of proficiency that will, firstly, to respond flexibly to all kinds of unexpected twists and turns in the course of the conversation; secondly, to determine the adequate line of verbal behavior; thirdly, correctly select the specific means of a vast arsenal and, finally, fourth, to use these funds according to the proposed situation.

The formation of intercultural competence suggests the interaction of two cultures in several ways: an acquiantance with the culture of the target language with the help of foreign language and acquiring the model of a native speaker behavior of foreign language culture; the influence of a foreign language and foreign language culture on the development of the native language and model of behavior within the native culture; personal development under the influence of two cultures.

It is necessary to consider, how the formation of intercultural competence of students comes true taking into account the adopted directions.

In the process of mastering a foreign language, the students learn the material that illustrates the operation of the language in a natural environment, verbal and nonverbal behavior of native speakers in different communication situations and reveals the peculiarities of behaviors associated with folk customs, traditions, social structure of the society, ethnic belonging. First of all, it comes with using authentic materials (original texts, audio recording, video films), which are the regulations in terms of language processing and contains country information [3, p.152].

It is important to know the national and cultural features of the behavior of an alien in order to avoid possible conflicts in international communication. Thus, learning a foreign language, the student must not only learn its lexical, grammatical and syntactic features, but also learn adequately to the situation react to the replicas of native speakers, appropriately use facial expressions and gestures, use the formula of speech etiquette and know the cultural and historical features of the country of learning language.

Realization of intercultural communication supposes readiness of a man not only to accept the representative of another culture with all his national and mental features but also the ability to change. Studying a foreign language in all its variety, students run into the language and cultural phenomena and compare them with such in the mother tongue. So, for example, learning the lexical and grammatical system of a foreign language, students must turn to the knowledge gained in the classroom of the Kazakh language to highlight the similarities and differences in the field of linguistic phenomena and their use. The study of foreign language culture also leads the student to the need of turning to the cultural and historical facts of his country. Thus, learning a foreign language and participating in intercultural communication, the student deeply comprehends his native language and culture.

The formation of intercultural competence also involves the acquisition of the following skills: see in the representative of other culture not only what makes us different, but also what unites; change the evaluation as a result of understanding of other cultures; refuse stereotypes; use knowledge of a foreign culture for a deeper knowledge of our own.

Intercultural competence is formed in the process of learning foreign language communication, taking into account cultural and mental differences of native speakers and is a prerequisite for a successful dialogue between cultures.

An awareness of possible problems in intercultural communication of the representatives of different cultures, understanding the values and generally accepted norms of behavior are quite significant factors in learning a foreign language. And when students are prepared to solve them properly, they can avoid misunderstandings, inappropriate perception of behavior and potential conflicts that may arise due to improper use of language, an erroneous interpretation of the interlocutor’s reaction and assess of the situation. A student's ability to refraction of cultural values in his behavior contributes to the establishment of it as a good specialist in cooperation with the representatives of world community.

List of references

1. Lecture of N. Nazarbayev «To the economic knowledge through innovative knowledge», 2012.

2. Sviridon, R. A. Formation of intercultural competence of future specialists in the field of the world economy by means of business English / R. A. Sviridon / Collection of research works of II International summer school for young researchers "Innovative educational technologies in teaching foreign languages".

Tomsk, Publishing house of TSPU, 2005. p. 72 - 84.

3. Solovova, E. N. Methods of teaching foreign languages / E. N. Solovova / M: Education, 2002. 239 C.