TEACHING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES
The article describes a cross-border interuniversity project aimed at teaching English for Specific Purposes to students pursuing bachelor’s degree in international relations. The authors stress the importance of developing students’ cross-cultural competence in order to make them better prepared to confront the real-life demands of the global labor market. The paper presents the results of academic cooperation between two universities which helped to create environment for productive cross-cultural communication and increase the participants’ willingness to communicate in English with individuals of another cultural background in quasiprofessional context.