Keyword: «linguistic and cultural competence»

The paper deals with the linguistic and cultural component selecting technology for foreign language studies in Natural Sciences. It is aimed at t selection of educational materials and educational communicative situations for teaching English for special purposes for bachelor degree courses, master courses and postgraduate training programmers.

The relevance of the research of the stated topic is due to the need to analyze the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach from the point of view of modern research and the situation that develops in the modern education system. The purpose of the study is to analyze the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach. The leading approaches to the study of this process are the analysis of the concept and the main components of linguistic and cultural competence, as well as the analysis of the activities of methodologists and practicing teachers in the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence approach. As the main result of the research, the authors come to the conclusion that the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university should be carried out not only on the basis of a competence-based approach, but also with maximum immersion in Russian-language linguistic culture, and the examples of tasks given by the authors for foreign students of pedagogical specialties will help to accomplish this mission. The theoretical significance of the study is in the fact that it provides a detailed analysis of the concept of competence in general and linguistic and cultural competence in particular, identifies the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of the competence approach, and also provides examples of specific exercises aimed at its formation. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the research materials, as well as the conclusions made by the authors, can be successfully used to develop lesson summaries and individual exercises aimed at forming the linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach.

For effective and successful intercultural communication, overcoming the language barrier, it is necessary to use the linguistic and cultural aspect. The effectiveness of using linguistic material by virtue of linguistic and cultural studies is considered in the article. The term linguistic and cultural studies and linguistic and cultural studies competence are studied.

The article is devoted to the consideration of song texts as educational material in the classroom of Russian as a foreign language. The list of songs about Yakutia recommended for study in a foreign audience is given. Their cultural potential is revealed. The results of surveys conducted during a scientific experiment on the introduction of re-gional-themed song material into the education of Chinese students are presented.In con-clusion, the authors come to the conclusion that songs are an effective means of forming linguistic and cultural competence, motivates students to further study the culture of the peoples of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).