THE OVERCOMING OF A LINGUO-ETHNIC BARRIER BY INTEGRATING THE GAMIFICATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Abstract

The article considers the opportunity of overcoming a linguo-ethnic barrier through integrating gamification into the educational process. The paper shows that learning language units is not enough for effective communication. Since it includes not only verbal components, but also non-verbal ones, i.e. the cultural code of the ethnos and gestures. The article analyses the situation, in which a student does not fully master one of those components, thus provoking a communicative barrier, especially a linguo-ethnic one in reality. According to the author, the study of such barrier via a classical method of teaching is not effective, since students consider such presentation of information not interesting and boring. The study reveals that the gamification of education helps to motivate students to study not only the language units, but also the culture of the country and allows students to be fully engaged in the educational process.