Keyword: «non-verbal means»

The importance of studying non-verbal means as aesthetically significant signs in a literary text is revealed, the non-verbal communication of the main character of the novel «Theater» by W. S. Maugham is considered as an important component of understanding the psychological characteristics of the protagonist, her relations with other characters. The necessity of studying the names of gestures, facial expressions, ways of indicating emotions in English lessons during the formation of communicative competence is justified. The tasks for the 11th grade students aimed at studying non-verbal signs in literary texts are described.

This article is of interest from a methodological point of view, since it examines the problem of the formation of skills in non-verbal foreign language communication in preparing students of a transport university for intercultural interaction. Researchers of intercultural communication note that misunderstandings, hindrances and failures in intercultural communication often give rise to culturally different discursive and socio-cultural phenomena. The author of the article believes that these phenomena can be overcome only with a purposeful study of communicative behavior and knowledge of non-verbal communication signals of representatives of other cultures. The urgency of this problem is due to the prevailing contradictions between the need of modern society for highly qualified specialists who are called upon not only to speak foreign languages, but also to resolve issues of interaction with representatives of different countries and cultures on the verbal and non-verbal levels and the real readiness of our students for intercultural communication. The relevance and social significance of this problem determined the choice of the topic «Formation of non-verbal communication skills in teaching intercultural interaction of students of a transport university». The purpose of the presented work is to determine the features of non-verbal communication and their use in teaching students intercultural interaction; to improve the quality of students' preparation for intercultural communication, taking into account non-verbal means of communication, using a set of developed exercises. In the course of the research, the following methods were used: general scientific – analytical (analysis of scientific literature on psychology, pedagogy, teaching methods of foreign language); pedagogical – observation and generalization of empirical material for preparing students for non-verbal foreign language communication. The article presents the taxonomy of non-verbal behavior and the interpretation of non-verbal communication signs in various cultures. As a result of the work done, the author of the article presents a developed set of exercises that can be used by teachers of a foreign language in practical classes to improve the students’ skills for intercultural interaction taking into account non-verbal means of communication.