Keyword: «межкультурная коммуникация»

This article reveals the significance of intercultural communication in the modern world, emphasizes its importance for effective interaction between representatives of different cultures. The author focuses on the formation of intercultural competence, which includes a deep understanding of cultural realities. The article gives examples of difficulties that may arise in the process of intercultural communication, one of which is the perception and symbolism of numbers in everyday life.

The article addresses current issues in foreign language teaching at military institutions, related to the need to adapt the educational process to modern requirements of international military cooperation, peacekeeping missions, and operations in multinational environments. The author proposes ways to improve the language training of military specialists through the introduction of innovative educational technologies, such as virtual reality, simulators, online platforms, and project-based learning methods. Special attention is given to the development of intercultural communication skills, military-professional terminology, and situational language use in conditions close to real combat and operational scenarios. The article also touches on the issues of motivating cadets to learn foreign languages and improving the qualifications of teaching staff.

The article considers the ways of interpreting the image of a cat in the world cultures. Examples are given of traditions and superstitions connected with the image of a cat. English and Russian idioms including the word “cat”, expressing the attitude of people to these animals are analyzed. The results of the survey, conducted among the students of the Russian university concerning the meaning and interpretation of the differences in the worldview of representatives of different cultures, are described.

The article discusses the problem of teaching English speech etiquette to 5th grade students, in particular, greeting and farewell formulas, in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Standard of Basic General Education. The relevance of this study is determined by an attempt to organize targeted practical training of schoolchildren in the units of English speech etiquette and their use in speech. The aim of the study is to develop and test a set of exercises in English lessons in the 5th grade that help students learn and remember speech formulas that should be used during greetings and goodbyes in various communicative situations with native speakers of the British speech culture. The leading methods in the study are the analysis of theoretical sources on the topic, pedagogical modeling and a three-stage pedagogical experiment. The research is based on the works of Russian and foreign scientists who emphasize the national-specific nature of speech etiquette and its role in intercultural communication. It is concluded that it is necessary to integrate the cultural component into the process of teaching foreign languages. The study analyzes methodological techniques aimed at memorizing etiquette formulas, such as role-playing games and semiotic editing, implemented in the forms of collective, group and individual exercises. The results of experimental work conducted on the basis of a secondary school with the participation of 5th grade students have shown that the use of a set of exercises based on modeling real communicative situations in the process of teaching English contributes to improving students' knowledge and skills in terms of English-language etiquette formulas of greeting and farewell. In the experimental class, an increase in the average score and a reduction in the number of unsatisfactory grades were statistically recorded, i.e., the effectiveness of the proposed complex is proved. The theoretical significance of the study is due to the fact that it raises a number of methodological problems related to teaching English-language speech etiquette formulas to middle school students; extensive scientific and methodological material has been collected, systematized and analyzed. The practical significance of this research lies in the potential for using its findings in teaching English at the secondary school level.