Intercultural competence as the goal of foreign language training of future lawyers: on the problem statement
The problem of goal setting in teaching undergraduate students in the direction of preparation “Jurisprudence” in foreign languages as part of intercultural oriented paradigm in the modern foreign language education is considered in the article. The author analyses the professional activity of lawyers in the transport sector and considers the regulatory requirements towards the preparation of “Law” from the perspective of an intercultural approach to teaching foreign languages. Examples of the requirements of the basic educational programme and the work programme of discipline “Foreign Language in law”, which are necessary at preparation of future lawyers to cross-cultural communication, are given in the article. The study author concludes that the purpose of foreign language training of future lawyers in the field of maritime and river transport should be formulated as a professionally oriented intercultural competence. When considering the situation of intercultural communication in jurisprudence, the author argues about the importance of the principle of comparison in the formation of intercultural competence.