FORMATION OF LINGUOCULTURAL COMPETENCE VIA THE CASE-STUDY METHOD

Abstract

Increasing the effectiveness of intercultural communication through the competence-based approach is an extremely complex and essential task of modern professional higher education. This study sets out to explore the impact of the case-study method on the enhancement of the linguocultural competence of future teachers of a foreign language. This article presents the results of an experiment on the implementation of the developed set of exercises based on the interactive case-study method and examines the effectiveness of this method for increasing the level of linguocultural competence as a body of knowledge about cultural values acquired by a linguistic personality. The research method is a two-stage survey with the experimental and control groups. The sample involved 44 senior undergraduate students of M.Utemisov West Kazakhstan University majoring in Educational program “6B01705 - Foreign Language: Two Foreign Languages” at Specialized Professional Foreign Language classes. Through the survey among future foreign language teachers, the features of their perception of linguocultural competence and the method used for its development were revealed. According to the participants of the experimental group, the case-study method was shown to significantly improve the intercultural and communicative and, in particular, the linguocultural competence of students, especially in comparison with the discussion of the authentic text read in the control group. The conclusions of the authors contribute to the development of active teaching methods in vocational education, focused on the formation of linguocultural competence. The materials of the article will be useful for teachers of English for specific purposes in the sphere of professional higher education.