FORMATION OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

In the article, the authors take into consideration both the educational and methodological significance of foreign-language pedagogical discourse. Moreover, the latter is connected with the formation of intercultural communication skills of participants of the educational process. Foreign-language pedagogical discourse is presented as a complex and integrative phenomenon that influences the formation of the communicative culture of modern representatives of the younger generation. During the analysis of the essential features of foreign-language pedagogical discourse, considerable attention is paid to the linguistic and extralinguistic conditions for the successful functioning of pedagogical discourse at a foreign language lesson. The authors characterize the key features of the speech portrait of a foreign language teacher and the most important features of the foreign language communicative educational environment. The authors regard the study of characteristic features of the text format of pedagogical discourse as promising areas for further research. Besides, they are about to analyze the most effective algorithms for improving the speech portrait of a modern foreign language teacher and characterize the system of professional and terminological vocabulary of foreign language pedagogical discourse.