Abstract

This article describes the issue of intercultural communication and its importance in foreign language teaching and learning in Kazakhstan. The purpose of the study as to explore how to intercultural communication is taught at college in Kazakhstan and how it is applied in theoretical and practical classes. The research method involved analyzing curriculums, study plans and catalogs of elective disciplines from colleges. The results indicate the need for systematic intercultural trainings to cultivate intercultural communication competence among students. This article describes intercultural communication as the key component in foreign language teaching and learning in Kazakhstan today, at the same time, gives full information on intercultural communication. A new generation of young people should be educated to understand, accept and respect people from different culture and able to communicate and learn from them

Keywords

foreign language; education; teaching; intercultural communication; intercultural approach

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