Cultural Aspect of Foreign Languages Teaching for Higher Educational Establishments Students

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https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.20.2019.172434

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cultural aspect, culture, foreign language, foreign language teaching, intercultural communication, social-cultural competence

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine cultural aspect of foreign languages teaching for higher educational establishment’s students and analyze new approaches of its organizing in contemporary theory and practice as well as to study and emphasize its cultural features and mechanisms. Methods of research include critical analyses of literature on the subject of research, containing a retrospective study of home and foreign experience, which allows to summarize and to formulate the basic teaching methods taking into account cultural approach. The scientific novelty consists of a comprehensive consideration of peculiarities of foreign languages culture process learning through foreign language.

Conclusions. It has been proved that one of the main objectives of foreign language teaching is social-cultural development of learners’ personality. And cultural approach in foreign language teaching prepare them to intercultural communication, that in its turn means acquaintance of students with culture of the countries of the target language, promotes students’ formation of respect for other cultures and peoples, readiness to business cooperation and mutual support, joint solving of universal problems.

Author Biography

Nataliia Sarnovska, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

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2019-05-30

How to Cite

Sarnovska, N. (2019). Cultural Aspect of Foreign Languages Teaching for Higher Educational Establishments Students. Culture and Arts in the Modern World, (20), 189–199. https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.20.2019.172434

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THEORY AND HISTORY OF CULTURE