DEVELOPING CROSS-CUTURAL COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS IN E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
DOI: 10.23951/1609-624X-2018-1-140-147
The relevance of the study is determined by the clear interest of the pedagogues in implementing the main requirements to training the students of higher education institutions. The need for studying the problem of developing cross-cultural competence in the context of higher education is covered. The theoretical aspects of developing cross-cultural competence in view of currently important values and aims of training in higher education system are discussed. The main methodological approaches to developing cross-cultural communication within the framework of professionally-oriented foreign language teaching – system based, activity and competence based, cross-cultural approaches are revealed. Based on the presented approaches the essence and the key concept of “cross-cultural competence” of the students are clarified. The structural components of cross-cultural competence are determined and described in detail. The structure of the cross-cultural competence is comprised of motivational, cognitive, personal and activity, axiological, reflective components. The concept of cross-cultural competence has made it possible to point out and reveal the basic principles of organizing and implementing the process of developing the cross-cultural competence in the framework of professional oriented foreign language teaching such as the principles of humanistic teaching, dialogic communication, learning professionally oriented thesaurus, openness to foreign cultures and ideas, integration into a different culture, critical appraisal of situation in cross-cultural communication. Special attention is paid to the importance of the pedagogical potential of the e-Learning environment in the teaching and learning process, it has been explained that the e-Learning environment has a positive impact on the developing the structural components of cross-cultural competence in training the students in higher education institutions.
Keywords: cross-cultural competence, foreign language teaching, learning and teaching process, e-Learning environment
References:
1. Koroleva D. B., Pozdeeva S. I. Formirovaniye mezhkul’turnoy kommunikativnoy kompetentsii na osnove pedagogiki sovmestnoy deyatel’nosti [Develjping intercultural communicative competence through collaborative activity pedagogy]. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogicheskogo universiteta – TSPU Bulletin, 2017, vol. 1 (179), pp. 114–117 (in Russian).
2. Yalalov F. G. Deyatel’nostno-kompetentnostnyy podkhod k praktiko-orientirovannomu obrazovaniyu [Competency and activity approach to practice-oriented learning]. Internet-zhurnal «Eydos», 2007 (in Russian). URL: http://www.eidos.ru/journal/2007/0115-2.htm (accessed 29.09.2017).
3. Ivanova M. E. Mezhkul’turnyy podkhod v obuchenii inostrannym yazykam [The intercultural approach to foreign language teaching]. Vestnik MGOU. Seriya: Pedagogika – MRSU Bulletin. Series Pedagogics, 2015, vol. 14, no. 4. pp. 52–56 (in Russian). URL: http://vestnik-mgou.ru/Articles/Doc/8938 (accessed 29.09.2017).
4. Gal’skova N. D. Tsel’ obucheniya inostrannym yazykam v noveyshiy period razvitiya metodiki kak nauki [The aim of foreign language teaching in developing methodology as a science]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole – Foreign languages at school, 2012, no. 5, pp. 2–11 (in Russian).
5. Elizarova T. V. Formirovaniye mezhkul’turnoy kompetentsii studentov v protsesse obucheniya inoyazychnomu obshcheniyu. Dis. dokt. ped. nauk [Formation of the cross-cultural competence in the process of foreign communication. Diss. doct. of ped. sci.]. Saint Petersburg, 2001. 371 p. (in Russian).
6. Zheltova E. P. Razvitiye mezhkul’turnoy kompetentsii studentov tekhnicheskogo universiteta v protsesse izucheniya inostrannogo yazyka. Dis. kand. ped. nauk [Developing the cross-cultural competence of the students in the process of foreign language learning in the technical university. Diss. cand. of ped. sci.]. Magnitogorsk, 2005. 228 p. (in Russian).
7. Korochkina M. G. Formirovaniye mezhkul’turnoy kompetentsii v tekhnicheskom universitete (angliyskiy yazyk). Dis. kand. ped. nauk [Formation of the cross-cultural competence in the technical university (English). Diss. cand. of ped. sci.]. Taganrog, 2000. 178 p. (in Russian).
8. Mal’kova E. V. Formirovaniye mezhkul’turnoy kompetentsii v protsesse raboty nad tekstami dlya chteniya. Dis. kand. ped. nauk [Formation of the cross-cultural competence in the process of reading the texts. Diss. cand. of ped. sci.]. Moscow, 2000. 263 p. (in Russian).
9. Pluzhnik I. L. Formirovaniye mezhkul’turnoy kompetentsii studentov v protsesse professional’noy podgotovki. Dis. dokt. ped. nauk nauk [Formation of the cross-cultural competence of the students in the process of professional training. Diss. doct. of ped. sci.]. Tyumen, 2003. 335 p. (in Russian).
10. Sadokhin A. P. Mezhkul’turnaya kommunikatsiya: uchebnoye posobiye [Cross-cultural communication: student’s book]. Moscow, Alfa-M; INFRAM Publ., 2009. 287 p. (in Russian).
11. Khutorskoy A. V. Tekhnologiya proektirovaniya klyuchevykh i predmetnykh kompetentsiy [Technology of designing the core and subject competences]. Internet- zhurnal «Eydos», 2005. (in Russian). URL: http://www.eidos.ru/journal/2005/1212.htm (accessed 29.09.2017).
12. Usacheva O. V. Refleksivnyy komponent v podgotovke budushchego uchitelya inostrannykh yazykov v sisteme vysshego professional’nogo obrazovaniya [Reflective component in training prospective foreign language teacher in the system of higher professional education]. Sibirskiy pedagogicheskiy zhurnal – Siberian Pedagogical Journal, 2010, no. 11, pp. 96–103 (in Russian).
13. Zakharova I. G. Formirovaniye informatsionnoy obrazovatel’noy sredy vysshego uchebnogo zavedeniya. Dis. dokt. ped. nauk [Formation of the information educational environment of a higher education institution. Diss. doct. of ped. sci.]. Tyumen, 2003. 399 p. (in Russian).
14. Kudinov V. A. Postroeniye informatsionnoy obrazovatel’noy sredy vuza na osnove tekhnologiy upravleniya znaniyami. Dis. dokt. ped. nauk [Creation of the information educational environment of a higher education institution on the basis of knowledge management technologies. Diss. doct. ped. sci.]. Moscow, 2009. 519 p. (in Russian).
15. Slepukhin A. V. Ispol’zovaniye printsipov postroeniya informatsionno-obrazovatel’noy sredy elektronnogo obucheniya dlya obosnovaniya sovokupnosti eye strukturnykh komponentov [Use of principles of creation of informational environment of electronic training of higher education for justification of set of its structural components]. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogicheskogo universiteta – TSPU Bulletin, 2016, vol. 4 (169), pp. 92–100 (in Russian).
16. Kahn P., Everington L., Kelm K., Reid I., Watkins F. Understanding student engagement in online learning environments: the role of reflexivity. Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 203–218. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-016-9484-z (accessed 30.09. 2017).
17. Glaser М., Lengyel D., Toulouse G., Schwan S. Designing computer-based learning contents: influence of digital zoom on attention. Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 1135–1151. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-016-9495-9 (accessed 30.09.2017).
( 361.95 kB ) 
( 352.5 kB )
Issue: 1, 2018
Series of issue: Issue 1
Rubric: PEDAGOGY OF HIGHER SCHOOL
Pages: 140 — 147
Downloads: 982