The role of the sociocultural aspect in teaching English
Abstract
The article deals with the process of formation of socio-cultural competence in teaching foreign languages, namely English. Socio-cultural competence is crucial in the content of foreign language teaching relied on the experience of European countries. The importance of the formation of socio-cultural competence is due to the processes of globalization. The emergence of a multicultural society requires changes in social culture of society. That is, the blend of different ethnic and socio-cultural groups has led to a multicultural society that requires the formation of socio-cultural competence in every citizen in the field of intercultural communication. Sociocultural competence enables a person to live successfully in an open multicultural space. That’s why intercultural competence is very important in today's global world because it allows us to overcome prejudice, discrimination and misunderstanding between people of different cultural backgrounds. Intercultural communicative competence in teaching English will allow students to understand and successfully communicate with representatives of target language cultures. Acquiring this competence involves a new approach to English lessons. The purpose of acquiring intercultural communicative competencies is to prepare students for appropriate and successful actions in real life situations in a foreign language. The article describes the characteristics of the components of socio-cultural competence and describes the stages of formation of this competence (motivational, informative, activity stage) in teaching a foreign language using effective methods and technologies. The purpose of acquiring intercultural communicative competencies is to prepare students for appropriate and successful actions in real life situations in a foreign language. Several methods (comparison method, cultural assimilation, cultural capsule, cultural island, prediction, role-play games) with examples of how to work with different aspects of intercultural communicative competence are proposed.
