CULTURAL COMPONENT IN THE PROCESS OF SPECIALIST’S TRAINING (ON A FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAMPLE)

Abstract

Role and importance of cultural component for strengthening future specialist’s professional skill and authority is analyzed in this article. Special attention is paid to the problems of it’s forming by studying foreign languages. The author claims that cultural topic has always been a part of learning foreign languages. It is caused by the fact that one of the main objectives of discipline “Foreign Language” is always defined as the ability to establish verbal contact with other cultures. At present the pragmatic orientation in foreign languages learning has been strengthened, which was primarily reflected in a purpose component of a foreign language teaching. That is why there is also a growing attention of foreign language didactics to the cultural competence concept, which is equal to the system of knowledge about foreign language culture. The author concludes that disciplines promoting a foreign language culture formation, must be professionally focused. the content of specialist training in high school, owing to the formation of a foreign language culture must include the following components: disciplines through which students adopt a foreign language culture; disciplines that contribute to mastering information technologies; special and general professional disciplines as well.