Sociocultural competence as one of the core competencies of the individual

Abstract

In present study the author examines the problem of development of social competence as a key competence of the person. There is a growing role of intercultural contacts, so the sociocultural problem becomes more urgent. In particular the article addresses to the problem of sociocultural knowledge formation and its cultural, linguacultural, socio-psychological, sociolinguistic, linguistic, informational and communicational aspects as maturity of sociocultural knowledge indicates the development of social competence. An experiment was conducted during the study. It was concluded that sociocultural knowledge makes the development of social competence possible.