Formation of intercultural communicative competence in the process of teaching authentic texts

Abstract

The article focuses on the relevant issues of language competence formation among students on the basis of authentic materials. The article considers a concept of «language competence» in detail from the point of view of different concepts of domestic and foreign scientists. The article defines features of the methodological approach that is an important part of the implementation of the learning process for the formation of language competence in students. The author describes the features and concept of authentic materials, their purpose
and use in the educational process. The article describes the main criteria for using authentic texts in a real communication situation.
The article describes the possibilities of using various exercises to check the formation of students ‘ language competence. Authenticity is defined as a property of the educational process, as the correspondence of content, organizational and individual aspects of teaching a foreign language to the natural way of functioning of a foreign language in a foreign-language society. The author also identified the main differences between authentic and
inauthentic materials, which revealed a number of advantages and disadvantages of using authentic materials as a means of learning. It was determined that the main differences between authentic and inauthentic materials are manifested in the purpose of their creation, orientation, language content and sources.