FORMATION OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSONS BY MEANS OF CORPORATE LEARNING

Abstract

The modern world is changing the virtual borders of countries. This provides relevance for mastering a foreign language. Mastering a foreign language allows modern people to expand their capabilities and increase the potential for success in society. A separate issue is the development of social competence and soft skills of the modern personality. Developed social skills allow a person to present himself, to initiate social actions, to realistically assess social reality and to establish communicative connections. The combination of two problems with one solution algorithm provides an opportunity to focus more on current trends (McDonaldization) and modernize the educational process. The purpose of this article is to reveal the potential and opportunities for the formation of social competence in foreign language lessons, using the tool of corporate language learning. The methodology of corporate foreign language learning corresponds to modern social priorities and neurocognitive research. The Research has shown that corporate English language learning is an effective team building tool. It allows to create conditions for successful socialization of the person and it also helps to develop social skills. As an experiment, we proposed the course, which was translated into English as "Harmony World" and introduced in secondary school. The course is based on the corporate study of the topic and created with an emphasis on the development of all components of social competence. The study showed the dynamics of growth of qualitative indicators of foreign language acquisition in the subjects of the educational process and the dynamics of growth of the level of social competence. It confirmed the hypothesis of integration of the development of two competencies during one course and the effectiveness of the introduction of corporate foreign language learning.