Keyword: «pre-professional competences»

The article describes participating in a cooperative project of secondary school educational establishments of Ryazan region and Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin “Psychological and Pedagogical Classes”. While studying the subject “The Basics of Cross-cultural Communication” the aim to be achieved is to form senior students’ soft pre-professional skills: critical thinking, the ability to build relations with representatives of different cultures, settle conflicts, notice similarities and differences in the behavior, as well as getting knowledge about the etiquette of business communication and preparing for public presen-tation. Students’ answers on the survey after completing the course are analyzed with the aim of pursuing their motivation to further professional orientation. Examples of cross-cultural training sessions and topics for discussion at the lesson are given together with students’ reflection on the experience acquired.