A VALUE-BASED THEMATIC APPROACH TO THE FORMATION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article highlights a problem of formation of socio-cultural competence. The analysis of the essential characteristics of this competence, approaches to its interpretation, and component composition is carried out. It is revealed that the regional information is generalized and does not provide an opportunity to better understand the mentality of peoples of other cultures. The conceptual idea of the proposed value-thematic approach is based on the idea of the relationship between language and the value picture of the world, learning a foreign language through understanding the values accepted in the society of the language being studied. The analysis of terminal and instrumental values determined a selection of topics presented in the textbook. Examples of working with educational material are given. Conclusions are drawn about the effectiveness of the value-based thematic approach for the formation of socio-cultural competence.