Open AccessSocio-Cultural Competence in Teaching Foreign Languages
Author(s) -
Igor O. Guryanov,
Alina E. Rakhimova,
Marisol C. Guzman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v8n7p116
Subject(s) - sociocultural evolution , foreign language , cultural competence , competence (human resources) , communicative competence , personality , cultural knowledge , psychology , cultural communication , sociology , cultural diversity , pedagogy , linguistics , social psychology , anthropology , communication , philosophy
This article addresses the problem of integrating socio-cultural components into teaching and upbringing through foreign languages. The aim of teaching a foreign language means not only acquiring communication skill but also forming cultural and linguistic personality. The main aim of any communication is to be understood by interlocutor. The effectiveness of this process is directly dependent on the reached level of mutual understanding between communicants. To achieve this aim partners should have the willingness and capacity to form dialogue of cultures which presupposes the existence of a socio-cultural competence. Sociocultural competence includes knowledge about values, beliefs, behavior patterns, customs, traditions, language and cultural achievements peculiar to society. This competence occurs in the framework of socio-cultural education and training, i.e. in the process of personalizing the culture and national traditions of the studied language country.