Vol. 2 No. 72 (2018): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Intercultural communication

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF FORMATION OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

О. OSADCHA

Published 2018-02-26

Keywords

  • inter-cultural communication,
  • inter-cultural communicative competence,
  • background knowledge,
  • realia

Abstract

The article deals with the role of background knowledge in formation of inter-cultural competence in the process of studying English. Approaches to classification of background knowledge have been characterized. The concept of cultural realia as a carrier of cultural-historical component has been analyzed and the main ways of their semantization have been identified.