The Structure-functional Model of Development of Students' Readiness for Intercultural Communication

Abstract

The structure-functional model of development of students' readiness for intercultural communication is presented in this article. The short introductory paragraph is devoted to the definition of university students' readiness to intercultural communication. Then the units of the developed model as well as the content of each unit are analyzed in detail, namely target, theoreticmethodological, organizational, conceptual, technological and result-estimated units. After that the components of development of readiness to intercultural communication are fully described: emotional, cognitive, motivation and value-based, process activity-based. In the following part of this paper the levels of development of students' readiness to intercultural communication are Short Communication

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“…Functional components are closely connected with each other and play an important role in recognition of practical importance of the structure-semantic model of development of students' readiness for intercultural communication. Earlier it was confirmed during the experimental work conducted in the Ural State Mining University (Yekaterinburg), the Saint Petersburg State University of Trade and Economics [12][13].…”

“…We can define the development of students' intercultural readiness for communication as the many-sided overall process characterized by the availability of social, ethnic-psychological, and pedagogical factors. The concept of "intercultural readiness" is stated by us as the ability of university students to enhance their potential efforts by using the gained intercultural experience, knowledge, and skills, also by making their own decisions in the framework of intercultural communication [12][13]. One of the key aspects of intercultural readiness is the ability to stay flexible and alert in dealing with other cultures [3].…”

“…The multifunctional model of the development of students' intercultural readiness for communication designed by us consists of a target unit, a theory-based methodological unit, organizational unit, conceptual unit, technological, and results-estimated ones [13]. This model provides understanding of dialectic dependence between elements of the studied issue.…”