The inter-cultural competence formation for students in distance learning

Nikolaeva Marija Vladimirovna, Suslennikova Elena Jeduardovna

The article is devoted to the formation of intercultural competence among students at Russian universities in the conditions of distance learning (for example, teaching foreign languages). The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that during the use of distance learning in quarantine on COVID-19, practice teachers were forced to reconsider their critical attitude to the distance learning possibilities. The article goal is to consider the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning from the point of view of the formation of intercultural competence. The methodology of the article is based on a communicative approach and includes a group of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction); as well as special methods: a content analysis of scientific literature on the topic of research, a comparative analysis method. Based on the results of the study, the author of the article came to the following conclusions: assessing the effectiveness of distance learning methods in the Russian higher education system requires empirical verification after the first mass application in the 2020 academic year; remote methods and tools have both advantages and disadvantages that need to be leveled in the learning process; in the future, the use of distance learning for the formation and development of intercultural competence of students requires the development of systematic methodological foundations.

Keywords:distance education, online education, intercultural competence, linguistic culture, communicative approach