Formation of cross-cultural competence of future teachers in the context of global discourse

Abstract

Relevance. Many teachers express their annoyance about the fact that in classroom students are much more diverse than before, linguistically, socially and culturally. In this situation, any effort to get them in one place is a challenging task for teachers of any subject. Purpose. Educating everybody’s children need competence in several areas, including cross-cultural competence. As a solution, cultural competence of teachers has proved its worth to research this field. Methodology. The method of the research is mixed research method. In order to conduct the research, the method of surveys with likert scale, semi-structured open questions, observations and interviews are used. The following research questions provide a direction for the study. Results\Conclusions. Nowadays Cross-cultural competence is practiced in any field including education. The main reason for this phenomenon is the evidence of globalization in society. Intensification of globalization process, removing border limits between countries and development of tourism requires to prepare students with a new skill than before such as cross-cultural communicative competence. Knowing and speaking foreign language is not enough anymore. We have to engage and interact across cultures in teaching and learning or working. When faculty member enters the classroom there are students from diverse cultures. In order to meet students’ needs and be successful in educating, teacher should cope with the difficulties which arose by background information of learners.