Student's Linguistic Personality and Multicultural Self-Organization through Foreign Language Teaching

Abstract

Abstract. The article traces the features of linguistic personality's formation in the context of globalization processes in the world. Multicultural selforganization is notable for students' ability to build up the dialogue of cultures in their professional occupation and considered to be a triune person's education, arising as the result of integration of cross-cultural linguistic personality's sphere, global attitude to foreign culture and cultural self-determination. The inclusion of the term "linguistic personality" in the process of foreign language teaching enables integrating the synergetic capabilities of linguistic training to arise the dynamics of multicultural self-organization, which provides the humanization of national and language relationship. The author considers the process of foreign language teaching as the mechanism, which enables to mobilize and structure the qualities of linguistic personality. The study shows intercultural approach as the main one; within it one can use the toolkit of activities, which help to implement the idea of multicultural selforganization of student's linguistic personality in foreign language teaching.

Bilingualism as a Phenomenon of Transcultural Communication in Foreign Language Teaching

“…At present, in teaching foreign languages, two interconnected yet independent methodological concepts are actively developing: the concept of a multicultural linguistic personality [41][42][43][44] and the concept of cultural dialogue [45][46][47]. Based on these concepts, in the framework of modern language education, new approaches are outlined aimed at creating a multicultural basis for the content of education in teaching a foreign language, creating an integrated educational space, implementing the idea of developing education through the positions of the heritage of foreign and native languages and cultures, perceiving a foreign culture and forming multicultural educational environment.…”