Didactic Multicultural Trainings in Foreign Language Teaching

Abstract

The article covers two languages and six cultures. Eight features of didactic multicultural trainings are revealed. The authors give their own classification of training tasks and didactic multicultural trainings by purpose and form. The tasks are aimed at: 1) understanding silence functions, 2) learning how to make eye contact, 3) revealing personal qualities by means of the text analysis, 4) revealing mistakes in multicultural communication, 5) developing cultural awareness. The purposes of didactic multicultural trainings are classified as follows: 1) mutual understanding between communicators; 1a) developing non-verbal communication skills; 1b) teaching eye contact basics; 1c) solving everyday problems; 1d) conflict resolution; 2) developing students’ professional skills; 3) developing observation and attention skills; 4) developing students’ professional skills in multicultural communication; 5) personal growth trainings. The classification of didactic multicultural trainings by form consists of: 1) dramatization trainings; 2) dramatization trainings and their analysis.