Ethnocultural Competence Development in Teaching the English Language to Kalmyk High School Students

Abstract

Developing ethnocultural competence by teaching a foreign language is considered to be a contribution to ethnic identity development that is the aim of ethnic socialization process. The present article describes the content of the English language teaching in the process of ethnocultural competence development. Thematic and procedural aspects are distinguished. Each one has a complex nature and contributes to profound considering ethnic related information by Kalmyk students at high school.

Keywords

• ethnocultural competence
• the english language
• methods of foreign language teaching
• kalmyk ethnic culture
• english ethnic culture