BUILDING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE. WHAT AFFECTS THE SUCCESS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION?
Objective of the article is to analyze parts of intercultural competence and to develop a system of intercultural exercises and experimentally test its efficiency. To check that teaching Russian as a foreign language using this system positively affects the success of intercultural communication. Applied methods . Description method; method of analysis; generalization and systematization; experimental pedagogical research method; comparison method. Results . There is no unified model of intercultural competence in language teaching. The main criteria for the success of the intercultural competence are its relevance and effectiveness. Conclusion . It has been experimentally confirmed that students living in the country of the target language and undergoing special intercultural training gain an increase in communicative competence. Possible areas for further work may be the creation of a textbook (system of intercultural exercises), the development of online trainings.