Педагогические науки/5.Современные методы преподавания

M.Фёдорова

Kostanai State University named after A.Baitursynov,Kazakhstan

Intercultural aspect at the foreign language lessons

Problems of creating a positive interethnic interaction is very important in contemporary reality. Besides , our society is inevitably affected by the processes of globalization . Multicultural environmental , the participants of which we are, sets the problem of formation at the individual bases of a positive attitude toward members of other ethnic communities . Meanwhile , numerous studies have shown that there is a strong positive relationship between ethnic identity and ethnic tolerance .

One of the most important features of Kazakh society is sharply conspicuous diversity of ethnic cultures, which has a direct impact on the national consciousness of the people of Kazakhstan in their outlook, values and ethic norms , as well as in the political culture in general. Developing values of young people in Kazakhstan is important not only from the point of view of the public interest. It is closely associated with such concepts as the mentality the people, value identification, interethnic harmony, political and spiritual culture, etc. Educational establishments can play a huge role in this .

Currently the process of integration of Kazakhstan education system in the international educational space is very active.In this connection there is the need to develop models of educational structures that take into account both global and ethnic and cultural peculiarities of the peoples living on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan . The problem of multicultural education has become urgent , being centered on a person possessing intercultural competence , formed on the basis of more than three cultures : native ethnic culture, national and foreign .

The academic subject "Foreign language" may be one of the tools of formation of intercultural competence, which is a prerequisite for successful realization of the student's potential in a multicultural world .

Educational task of learning a foreign language is to developing mental strength and ability of students to form a bilingual and multicultural personality.

Taking into account the intercultural dimension of a foreign language in the classroom we may guess that it is a powerful factor in the overall education of the individual , allows you to organize the learning process so that the formation of grammatical material goes on in parallel with the systematic assimilation of cultural information and improves the efficiency of the development of foreign speech .

Analyzing the curriculum on a foreign language , it is possible to find ways to attract intercultural component in the development of most of the topics .

For example, when studying the topic " About myself" or "My family", you can use the exercise " The History of My Name". Contents : The teacher offers group to discuss the following questions: What is the meaning of our names ? Do we know their historical origins ?How parents choose names for their children? Has ( had in the past) any of the other members of the family got the same name? Do you like or dislike your names? Why ?

Then, those who wish can tell the history of their names to the class. The exercise can be completed by drawing attention to cultural differences or similarities in the histories of their names , it is also recommended to discuss the names used in the culture of the target language .

Studying the lexical theme "My Family" interesting in terms of awareness of students' own ethnic and civic identity exercises can be done aimed at understanding the history of the people and the country through their family history . Students are encouraged to build on the same line the most significant events since their birth and those that occurred before they were born . It results in the chronological line and some students sometimes start from the most important historical events , followed by the acquaintance of the parents and finishing school , entering the university, i.e very personal situations , and with it comes the realization that the family history is connected with the history of the state.

At the moment , we can say that the syllabus in a foreign language along with linguistic and grammar aspects includes also the cultural aspect in order to allow students to talk about the culture, geography , political situation of the country of the target language and of their native country. As a result, students can describe in the foreign language the facts and events related to native culture, and therefore in the process of real communication can speak about its identity and make it available to the world culture.

For more effective assimilation of information and to increase student motivation it makes sense to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that the Internet currently offers .

Thus, when studying the topic My home-Kazakhstan «Video encyclopedia of Kazakhstan", a film about our independent , the young state can be watched and analyzed . Pre-watching tasks include the new vocabulary on the topic and after-watch there is a discussion . ( What did you learn ? Do you agree with the facts as presented ? What would you add? How would you represent your country to a foreigner who does not know about it ?) , As well as the video "Welcome to Kazakhstan" (part 1.2). "Asian winter games" «Astana-a new wonder of the world", except watching and discussion the students majoring in "RegionStudies» were invited to write and reproduce their own comments on the videos and to tell about their country in English

Language teacher always finds interesting learning material for the students that can be efficiently and effectively used in the classroom for educational and instructional objectives of society.

Kazakhstan is a multicultural country . Formation and development of such qualities as awareness , responsibility, respect for the historical past , patriotism education , internal culture , self-esteem and pride in their homeland , where the person is a citizen - a pledge of civil personality formation .

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