Modern scientific interpretation of the notion "intercultural communicative competence"
The article deals with different approaches towards interpretation of the notions «competence» and «competency». The meaning and composition of intercultural competence are analyzed. The contents of the components of language, cultural, and communicative competences as well as their interrelations are revealed. Place and role of communicative competence in the complex of intercultural competence are defined. Criteria of achieved formation of intercultural competence are presented. Intercultural communicative competence is displayed from the position of foreign languages training.