INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE

Abstract

Intercultural communication is the exchange of information between people of different cultures. It has evolved from primitive times to today's international exchange trade. Intercultural communication was not as global as it is today, but was limited to specific regions. Today, advances in computer technology allow people to communicate with each other through e-mail, videoconferencing, and the internet. In Uzbekistan, intercultural communication has been turned into a research area as a separate subject in foreign language teaching. It aims not only at understanding others but also at self-understanding, in contrast to cross-cultural country studies. In the 80s of the last century, a new approach to the world experience of teaching foreign languages was based on the formation of Intercultural Communication competence.