Problems and prospects of pedagogical support to ensure the quality of training of foreign cadets in a military university

   Introduction. Nowadays education is oriented towards the formation of intercultural competence in students, where foreign language reading plays a special role. The linguo-country studies approach, combining language and culture, promotes understanding of the cultural context in the process of reading foreign-language texts. Despite the theoretical development of this issue, there is still a need for methodological solutions that facilitate the understanding of texts with cultural contexts.

   Goal. To develop a rational methodology of teaching foreign language reading on the basis of linguo-country studies approach to high school students, providing the formation of intercultural competence.

   Materials and methods. Both theoretical and empirical methods are presented. Scientific and methodological literature of domestic and foreign researchers has been analyzed. The content of school textbooks was studied in order to identify the linguo-country studies approach. Experimental work on implementation of linguocountry studies approach in teaching foreign language reading was carried out.

   Results and discussion. The peculiarities of teaching foreign language reading to high school students based on the linguo-country studies approach as a means of forming intercultural competence are considered. The stages of work with the text, methodical techniques are described. The significance of the integration of the cultural component in teaching a foreign language is substantiated. The system of exercises corresponding to each stage of work on the text containing linguo-country studies aspect with the purpose not only to understand language units with national-cultural component, but also to comprehend values and traditions of foreign language culture is offered.

   Conclusion. The conclusion was formulated that the application of the linguocountry studies approach helped to increase motivation to learn English and to develop intercultural competence, which means that it is possible to include linguocountry studies elements in the teaching process. The use of linguo-country studies texts led to the formation of students' respectful attitude to the culture of the target language. The results of the research and the conducted approbation allowed to reveal the effectiveness of the developed system of exercises, leading also to the formation of intercultural competence in high school students. The presented methodical recommendations have practical value and can be implemented in the educational process.

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