Oksana А. Kocharovskaya

The relevance of the problem under study is due to the increased importance of studying English as a second foreign language. More and more representatives of other countries are studying English as a second foreign language with Russian as their first language, since it is the language of intercultural and interlinguistic communication on the world stage of educational space. The development of modern methods of teaching English as a second foreign language with Russian being the first is due to the introduction of modern educational digital technologies into the pedagogical process and their unsystematic use in the process of teaching English as a second foreign language and the need to master it as a foreign language at the level sufficient to master the curriculum. The purpose of the study is to develop a system of exercises using global simulation technology with the aim of developing the sociocultural competence of foreign students studying English as a second foreign language. Particular attention is paid to presenting key information about the didactic potential of global simulation technology. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the authors identified theoretical and practical aspects of increasing the effectiveness of the formation of sociocultural competence among foreign students in the process of teaching English as a second foreign language; developed and scientifically substantiated exercises for the formation of sociocultural competence of foreign students – Linguistics majors in the process of teaching English as a second foreign language using global simulation technology. An analysis of the problem of developing the sociocultural competence of foreign students in the process of teaching English as a second foreign language was carried out. The educational potential of using global simulation technology as an organizational and activity basis for the effective formation of sociocultural competence among foreign students in the process of teaching English as a second foreign language is considered.