THE INTERCULTURAL APPROACH TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
The article considers a new direction in foreign language teaching based upon the intercultural approach. The challenge for teachers today is to develop student''s intercultural competence, which is one of the essential conditions for the realization of such task of modern language policy as the establishment of mutual understanding between different cultures. The author defines the notion of “intercultural communication” and mentions the problems that may arise during the process of its realization. Accent is given to the necessity of developing intercultural competence which is seen as an indispensable condition of mutual understanding between nations in the modern world.