Концепция обучения культуре и страноведению изучаемого языка как составная часть развития коммуникативной компетенции в общеобразовательной школе.

The article touches upon the issue of the interrelationship of languages and cultures which is an urgent nowadays problem. The author draws readers’ attention to the fact that culture learning is the dynamic, developmental and on-going process of acquiring culture-specific and culture-general knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective communication and interaction with individuals from other cultures. The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some ideas on forms and methods for designing the lesson from the point of view of intercultural language learning. Knowledge of such components of culture-specific vocabulary as words-realia, idioms, toponyms, nursery rhymes, riddles, clerihew, limericks, etc. will lead to awareness of culture differences and forming the pupils’ intercultural world outlook. According to the article authentic video materials are particularly useful, as well as stories and newspapers. It is necessary to include phonetic exercises, visual aids, and country-specific reports. The article goes on to say that such short, supported communicative tasks, as role-plays, practise elements of the new knowledge and help to build overall learning of a new speech situation. It is also underlined that a quiz seeks to examine cultural knowledge as it is manifested in communicative tasks, such as spoken interaction, interactive computer tasks, monologic spoken or writing tasks.