Rakhmanova V.M.

associate professor of the Humanities, Ph.D. in Philological Science,

the Branch of Ufa State Petroleum Technological University in Sterlitamak , the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Russian Federation

Some methods of forming the skills of the intercultural competence

Each lesson of the foreign language is a practice of the intercultural communication. The content of the process of teaching foreign languages can be filled with the inclusion of cultural approach. The main task of this approach in the field of language education is teaching the person through achieving of the foreign culture. The means of achieving of this purpose are authentic materials which help the students to acquire intercultural experience , to expand their knowledge, to take a picture of the world as a whole.

The English language has become the international one in the 20-th century and is studied in many countries of the world. So it is in Russia. It is used for communication of people of different nations, that^’s why it penetrates into the culture of other countries.

The authentic video materials are one of the most effective means of the development of intercultural competence; allow to concentrate the attention of the students not only on verbal means: gestures, looks, behavior of the partner.

The visual contact facilitates the perception of the authentic speech. The efficiency of the use of video materials depends on the organization of the structure of the lesson, of the coordination of educational opportunities of the films with educational tasks. We usually determine four stages in the structure of the video lesson:

1) the preparatory one - clearing of linguistic difficulties;

2) the seeing of the film – forming and developing of the skills of the information perception;

3) the control of the understanding of the film;

4) the development of skills and abilities of the oral speech.

Another means of forming the skills of the intercultural communication is teaching of the English language by means of English musical works and poetry. The use of songs has a number of advantages. They reflect different sides of social life of people whose language is studied. Songs influence the intellect, emotions of the students, their memory; they contribute to the aesthetic upbringing of the students. The use of songs motivates the learning of the English language, promotes the better mastering of the language material.

A song is a model of the sounding foreign speech and it promotes to mastering of the pronunciation and audition skills. So learning and performing of short, not difficult songs help to consolidate the articulation and pronunciation of sounds, the stress, the rhythm, the intonation of the English sentence.

A song as one of the kind of the communication is a means of mastering and broadening of the vocabulary. The familiar vocabulary is met in songs in the new context, it helps to activate the vocabulary. While learning words, the grammatical constructions are better learned. There are some special songs for learning the most widespread grammatical constructions.

The song materials can be used in different stages of the lesson:

- at the beginning of the lesson during the phonetic exercises;

- in the middle or at the end of the lesson for creation the favorable situation, for reduction the tiredness, for remembering the lexical and grammatical materials, for stimulating the cogitative activity.

The methods of working at the song materials are the following:

1) the preparation for working at the song ( the brief information about the song, the work at the vocabulary);

2) listening of the song (emphasizing of the main lexical and grammatical constructions, the translation of the song);

3) the phonetic work at the text of the song,

4) the work at the lexical and grammatical materil of the song;

5) learning of the music and the text of this song;

6) the performance of the song;

7) doing exercises of the creative character.

Studying of a foreign language with the help of musical works and poetry is a simple way which combines the possibility of repetition many times. This is a kind of studying without stress, with pleasure and wish. A song or a poem is a logically finished, short and compact text where students can find topics common to all mankind such as love, loneliness, relationship conflicts, nature etc. At the same time perception of songs and poems has an individual character. It can lead to interesting discussion.

There are a number of international computer programs which can help in studying foreign languages, for example, “Talk to me”, “Bridge to England”, “TOEFL” and others.

Thus, the use of the foreign culture in the educational process increases the educational potential of the subject, the motivation in learning languages. It contributes the common cultural education of the students, forms their self –confidence, the development of their aesthetic taste.