Development of the Main Components of Intercultural Competence in the Process of Professional Foreign Language Training

The processes of Ukraine's integration into the European economic and educational space require solving the problem of acquiring intercultural communication skills by the students of non-linguistic educational institutions.In the conditions of a growing multicultural society, the training of specialists in cross-cultural communication is a guarantee for all interaction with foreign-speaking partners under the conditions of international mobility.Mastering the language of international communication contributes to the development of students' practical abilities, the capability to use it as a communication tool in the dialogue of cultures and civilizations of the modern world.The purpose of the paper is to substantiate the need for the formation of intercultural competence of the students of non-linguistic educational institutions while studying foreign language communication.Learning foreign language communication in higher education institutions acquires a cultural meaning, since a future specialist of a new type who knows a foreign language must carry out professional activities at the international level, using new means of communication, adapting in the multicultural space and showing a tolerant attitude to another language and culture.Due to the improvement of intercultural competence, the professional competence of students of higher education also increases.In the structure of intercultural competence, three main components characterize the level of communicative culture: linguistic, social and communicative.The components of intercultural competence are connected through the concept of cultural and social contexts and require a comprehensive and complex study.The cultural context involves knowledge of the realities common to the native speakers, and the social context is the knowledge of the specific social conditions of communication used in the country whose language is being studied.Therefore, intercultural competence is a person's ability to take into account the knowledge of the social and cultural contexts of the country in the process of foreign language communication.The authors emphasize that intercultural competence is an integral quality of the individual, the basis of foreign language culture, and therefore ensures a high level of foreign language proficiency.The importance of mastering it by learners in the process of learning a foreign language has been proved.