LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE AMONG PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES WHEN TEACHING RUSSIAN
In the contemporary education space interest in shaping professional competences of a would-be specialist prevails. It somehow reduces the significance of the idea of the harmoniously developed personality as the aim of the education process. That is why the significance of linguistic and cultural competence, which implements the strategic direction of shaping a moral personality, should not be underestimated. This approach identified the research aim, which is to show how linguistic and cultural competence, which we singled out of the number of professional competences in teaching Russian, is applied.Material and methods. The methodology of the paper is made up by general scientific methods of observation, description and theoretical reasoning. The research material is the author’s publication of Complex Academic Dictionary of the Russian Language (Vitebsk, 2018).Findings and their dicussion. The category of competence refers to one of the most widespread and at the same time terminologically unclear concepts. This is a complex non-material formation which includes intellectual, emotional and spiritual and moral aspects. The shaping of the linguistic and cultural competence is implemented in the process of learning the language. It is a very important component of the personality characteristics of the man since it influences directly the understanding of the world and spirituality, promotes shaping the axiological picture of the world which is based on traditional cultural dominants.In the didactic practice of school Russian language teaching we suggest using the author’s Complex Russian Dictionary (Vitebsk, 2018) as a base material for shaping the linguistic and cultural competence. The reference data in the Dictionary articles about the word etymology, its semantic interpretations, and commentaries are suitable for it.Conclusion. Raising a morally mature personality is impossible without shaping the linguistic and cultural competence. The culture code reflected in the language should be recognized as a pillar of the implementation of humanistic tasks of education. In the process of learning Russian the didactic base of shaping the aforementioned competence can be made up by the author’s Complex Russian Language Dictionary.