Ключевое слово: «sociocultural competence»

This article describes modern conditions for the development of intercultural communication, the basis of which is the formation of sociocultural competence. A brief overview of the definition of the concepts is proposed. Recommendations on the organization forms of conducting classes are given. The examples of tasks in order to form the socio-cultural competence of students at a foreign language lessons are presented.

The article focuses on the importance of developing sociocultural competence at all stages of learning English as a foreign language. Everyone should be able to express themselves correctly and competently in the target language in order to avoid interethnic conflict. In ESL lessons each teacher can choose their own way of immersing in the culture of the country of the language learnt, what we offer is a wide use of various authentic materials. Taking into account the fast-developing world and psychological peculiarities of modern man we emphasise the design of lessons on authentic articles, videos, etc. on the Miro board, which entails not only the convenience and speed of lesson creation by the teacher but also reflects the increased interest in the study of socio-cultural aspect in foreign language lessons.