Tutor Maintenance Technology of Social Talent Development in Students of the Foreign Language Faculty through Formation of Their Linguocultural Competence
The authors of the article prove the importance of the tutor maintenance in social talent development of the students of the foreign language faculty through formation of their linguocultural competence. The tutor maintenance is understood as a type of complex supportive pedagogical activity. Social talent is characterised by the authors of this article as a unique human capacity to build mature, constructive relationships with other people. Taking into consideration J. Renzully's model, the authors single out three groups of traits, that reflect the essence of the social talent, that are social intellect, social activity and preparedness to social creativity. The linguocultural competence of students of the foreign language faculty is seen as the ability and readiness to interact with representatives from other cultures, formed on the basis of knowledge about the own and foreign linguocultures, capacity to interpret cultural information in language and skills of communication in accordance with social norms, that all serve to attain the aims of interpersonal communication. Tutor maintenance is viewed as a technology that includes both the pedagogical influence on the development of a student's social talent and the student's introspection of this influence. In the article the stages and the milestones of the tutor support are described. The phases of planning and realisation of the individual development programme are shown. The authors reflect over the factors of the tutor maintenance effectiveness, its barriers and risks.