ASSESSMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BY MEANS OF ICT

Tatiana V. Kolesova¹*, Natalia A. Biryukova², Alla A. Kuragina³, Elina V. Guseva⁴, Tatiana A. Mitrofanova⁵, Tatiana N. Belyaeva⁶, Anna A. Ierusalimskaya^7
1 Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Pedagogy, Mari State University, Russia, tatcos@yandex.ru
² Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Pedagogy, Mari State University, Russia, biryukova316@gmail.com
³ Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Pedagogy, Mari State University, RUSSIA, allanta17@yandex.ru
⁴ Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Philology, Mari State University, RUSSIA, guseva_elina@mail.ru
⁵ Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Philology, Mari State University, RUSSIA, mitrofanowa.ta@gmail.com
⁶ Assoc. Prof., Candidate of Philology, Mari State University, RUSSIA, beljaeva1978@rambler.ru
⁷ Senior Lecturer, Mari State University, RUSSIA, ieanna@yandex.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract
Modern society requires specialists being able to perceive, create, interpret and implement knowledge. Thanks to rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT), methods of organizing learning in higher education constantly require new approaches to educational process. The majority of graduates of Russian universities are experiencing difficulty in applying for a job. Creating the most effective conditions for realization of goals and objectives of learning a foreign language in high school is today one of the main directions of educational policy.
One can’t deny that today it is quite impossible to imagine learning a foreign language without the use of ICT (multimedia technology, telecommunication technology, computer technology, etc.).

In our view, a hallmark of present development and application of new information technology in teaching university students a foreign language is active involvement of non-professionals in the sphere of computer engineering. In our case such "non-professionals" are foreign language teachers. The development and use of computer based learning materials at university today is still undergoing significant difficulties, because their creation requires the knowledge of diverse sciences: Foreign language, Psychology, Pedagogy, Mathematics, Informatics, etc.

The article describes a multimedia testing system for conducting language olympiads at the university, being carried out with the help of telecommunication technologies. Main tasks, components and technical, didactic, methodical, psychological-pedagogical characteristics of this testing system are specified. The system makes it possible to assess the level of intercultural communicative competence of university students in such kinds of speech activity as reading, writing and listening. The article defines the main goals of foreign language olympiad at the university for the university students. It is underlined that language olympiad analysis with the help of new information technologies facilitates monitoring educational process enabling teachers timely to correct the contents of education at the university.

Keywords: information and communication technologies, intercultural communicative competence, higher education