Development of students’ socio-cultural competence studying at specialized foreign language secondary schools

Abstract

This article contains the basic principles of students’ socio-cultural competence studying at specialized foreign language secondary schools. The concept of «socio-cultural competence» is regarded as the formation of skills to present the native culture and the culture of a foreign language in intercultural communication, the assimilation of the national and cultural component in the learning of a foreign language as a basic condition of students familiarizing to the culture of the target language country. There are the methodical principles of socio-cultural education, such as the principle of cultural conformity, the principle of cultural reflection, the principle of the dialogue of cultures.