FORMATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE BY THE EXAMPLE OF USING AUTHENTIC VIDEO MATERIALS IN TEACHING STUDENTS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of formation of sociocultural competence in teaching students a foreign language. The author’s approach to the development of students’ language skills through the use of authentic video materials in teaching students a foreign language is presented. Ways to use authentic video materials in teaching students a foreign language to foreign-language communicative activity are determined. The researcher proposes an algorithm of using authentic video materials in teaching students a foreign language. It is concluded that authentic video materials are maximally close to the linguistic reality and therefore their use in foreign language lessons is more than justified—no other materials can give the same complete idea of the socio-cultural reality of the country of the studied language and demonstrate the combination of verbal and non-verbal codes of foreign language communication.