University Students' Socio-cultural Competence Development through Foreign Language Teaching.

Abstract

The article substantiates the necessity of building up and reveals the opportunities of developing the socio-cultural competence of students of non-language departments with the use of information technology on the basis of enhanced culture-through-language studies component within the content of foreign language teaching for university students. In recent years, interest in studying foreign languages in connection with socio-economic changes has significantly increased in Russia. All subjects of the educational system strive to meet the needs of self-realization of a person in a new socio-cultural environment; a dialogue of cultures of Western and Eastern countries is clearly traced. This fact leads to significant changes in the educational system as a whole, since training of a responsible and competent future professional begins to take a priority place in the field of educational services.