TO THE PROBLEM OF FORMATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE TOURISMOLOGISTS

Abstract

The article analyzes the phenomenon of “cross-cultural competence” in terms of interdisciplinarity. The ability to establish contact under the conditions of cross-cultural differences in everyday life has been problematized. The task is quite complex and requires an appropriate level of training, especially education. The importance of the latter point has been reflected. Western scholars have focused on the idea that interculturally centered learning and education are quite important in the formation of cross-cultural competence. It is emphasized that interculturally centered learning actualizes the increase of knowledge and contributes to the expansion of a range of inocultural interactions at the interpersonal level. The effectiveness of such a mechanism is traced at the level of “absorption” of an individual by the multicultural environment, which is expected to lead to an increasing accumulation of knowledge in the process of close communication with the bearers of different cultures and traditions. It is worth noting that the anti-discriminatory environment of personal growth, which promotes all manifestations of tolerance and humanity at all levels, is especially important in this aspect. The need for the individual to master appropriate models of behavior in dialogue with representatives of different cultures is undoubtedly decisive in achieving success in the process of close communication with foreigners.

The extrapolation of theoretical training of a modern student to professional education for future life in society is often quite different. It is a consequence of the separation of the purpose of employment from current social and cultural tasks. Overcoming existing educational drawbacks is necessary to shift to more complex substantiations of the theoretical material. It can be done by employing the formulation of such problematic tasks that prompt a student to think, reconsider, and reproduce the reconsideration to solve problematic situations. The construction of an algorithm of such theoretical situations must contain some basics of rhetoric, complexity, and variability. This approach to business is especially valuable; it can be productive for the training of future managers at the pedagogical university. It will increase prudence in making important managerial decisions.