Keyword: «mentality»

The article deals with the Central problem of The novel "Laurel" by E. Vodolazkin - the problem of personality formation in the Orthodox faith. In this regard, the analysis of the functionality of biblical motifs that permeate The entire novel by E. Vodolazkin "Laurel", forming ideas about the Russian Orthodox tradition and features of the national character in comparison with the worldview and axiology of other varieties of Christianity.

The article is devoted to specifics of the Japanese mentality, reflected in verbal and nonverbal communication, which potential participants of intercultural communication need to know in order to achieve successful results. It also presents the results of the research into the level of knowledge about these specifics among potential participants of intercultural communication. The author provides an example of a lesson in English to familiarize students with the features of the Japanese mentality.

The article presents the results of the analysis of the mentality of representatives of certain groups of cultures who study at a higher educational institution of humanitarian orientation. The author finds out that research into the patterns and features of behaviour and studying the values of cultural groups of students contributes to the successful assimilation to the curriculum. The difficulties of teaching foreign languages and pedagogical interaction in a multilingual environment were also clarified, and the most suitable ways of presenting material for foreign students were identified.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the specifics of allegorical vision in the literature of England in the medieval period, taking into account the context of literary traditions and features of the mentality of a medieval person formed by cultural and historical conditions. The dream is considered as an artistic device and as a form, structure used by the authors of allegorical poems and called in the article the frame structure, or frame of sleep. There is an active use of the dream frame in Western European literature and discussion of the problem of the genre status of vision-sleep and its typology (J. S. Russell, A. spearing, K. Lynch, G. Phillips). The classification of visions according to Dinzelbacher is given ("allegorical-didactic poems in the form of visions and didactic-allegorical poems-allegorical poems and visions with a real basis). In this regard, such works as "the romance of the rose", "the Vision of Peter the Plowman" by W. Langland, "the Pearl" by an unknown author, "the divine Comedy" by A. Dante are considered. The conclusions of J. L. Goff and Yu.E. Arnautova about the evolution of medieval man's consciousness, expressed in relation to the function of sleep, to the sacredness of its status, are presented. The classification of dreams given by Cicero and Macrobius, as well as the interpretation of dreams by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, is presented. The author analyzes the features of the vision-revelation, related to literature, and allegorical vision, belonging to the sphere of fiction. It is concluded that the genre of allegorical vision in England is based on French traditions, synthesizing which with their own literary research, English poets reach real artistic heights. It was the form of sleep as an artistic device and as a structure that became necessary for expressing the worldview of the medieval European.

The article is devoted to the study of the effectiveness of mentoring in foreign language education. In the study, we had to determine the possibilities of using academic support in the English lessons of foreign students, the psychological foundation of mentoring and its application to overcome the difficulties encountered by freshmen.