Recommendations for Developing Intercultural Competence Among University Students

Abstract

The relevance of the research work manifests itself in the need to build a new vision of the concept and characteristics of the cross-cultural competences formation. Changes in the political, strategic, commercial vectors of cooperation in Russia call for a theoretical and practical analysis in terms of the requirement of training experts for working abroad. The goal of the research is to make a list of recommendations for forming intercultural communication competences in the Russian university students. The research methodology includes analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, and the use of a structural and systemic approach. The authors presented the statistical data and devised measures to improve intercultural communication competences. These include adding special courses on the cultures of Global South countries to students’ curricula and providing advanced training programs for university staff and instructors.