INTEGRATING STRUCTURAL AND CONTENT COMPONENTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE FORMATION TO IMPROVE FUTURE SPECIALISTS’ LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article discusses scientific research conducted by both domestic and international researchers on the issue of prospective foreign language instructors' linguistic and cultural competence. The article uses various approaches to explain the definition and its structural components.

The need for specialists and professionals who can perform intercultural communication at a high level is growing as modern society, thus it is important to pay special attention to the development of future specialists' linguistic and cultural competence at the stage of professional education.

Educational program in a foreign language must include knowledge of that language's culture, history, and nation.

The development of linguistic and cultural competency is based on the study of a foreign language through the lens of cultural understanding; the difficulty of teaching the language is secondary; learning the language itself is merely a "tool" for learning a foreign language culture. Learning a foreign language is closely tied to becoming familiar with the history and culture; one must be aware of these elements.

Thus, in the contemporary approach of teaching a foreign language, the issue of the development of linguistic and cultural competence of future professionals is significant.