Formation of personal capital as the basis for teaching intercultural dialogue in the digital environment

This article considers the problem of formation of personal capital as the basis of teaching intercultural dialogue in the context of distant training of a foreign language. The authors explore the potential of digital environment as a factor contributing to the successful formation of students' personal capital and understanding its role in teaching and mastering the culture of dialogue. Implementing the principles of a current competence-based paradigm, the basic thesis of the theory of inter-cultural foreign language education and the theory of human capital the authors focus on building personal capital which includes the system of students' common knowledge, their personal experience, the complex of interconnected and interacting universal competencies, such as, systems and critical thinking, self-organization and self-development, communication, intercultural interaction, development and implementation of projects, teamwork and leadership. The definition of the concept "personal capital" is introduced and the mechanisms of its formation in the course of foreign language education in higher school are disclosed. The authors' concept reflects the main ideas of "The White Book on Intercul-tural Dialogue of the Council of Europe", which reveals a complex structure of inter-cultural interaction, emphasizing such important qualities as comprehension of one's personality as a subject of intercultural interaction, awareness of one's identity, dignity, responsibility, self-confidence and willingness to cooperate. The article presents digital methods used to organize intercultural dialogue and a specific form of tandem online learning with the participation of native speakers in the presence of a teacher who simulates problematic situations of interaction between participants in the dialogue of cultures. Among the universal competencies presented in the Federal State Educational Standards 3++, the mentioned above ones are more involved in mastering intercultural dialogue and together form the basis for the formation of the personal capital, which provides success and efficiency of intercultural interaction. Based on the results of experienced tandem training in new educational conditions, the authors come to the conclusion that it is efficient to use a system of digital forms of organizing intercultural dialogue that contribute not only to formation and awareness of the foundations of personal capital but also to optimization of the process of intercultural language training.

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