Shaping and developing intercultural competence in teaching foreign languages

This article is concerned with shaping and developing intercultural competence, in particular, with the peculiarities of teaching students the skills of successful intercultural communication. The article emphasizes the importance of cultural differences awareness (e.g. in verbal and non-verbal communication), developing tolerance and openness towards other cultures in todays globalized community. This article is focused on particular techniques and strategies, used by the Ukrainian teachers in their everyday practice to make the students competent in intercultural communication. All of the techniques mentioned have been described and integrated into practice by the professor of Lugansk Taras Shevchenko National University N.V. Fedicheva.