Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7671 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1948 (Online)


integrated approach

Intercultural Competence of Teachers as a Condition of Preparation to Professional Work in a Multicultural Environment

Multicultural context of contemporary reality determines new tasks of preparation of students to educational activity. The intercultural competence of graduates is necessary. It lets them solve actual educational problems in the multicultural environment efficiently.

Technologies of Teaching Academic Writing in English (The Case Study of Personal Statement)

Introduction. Developing academic communication skills is one the priorities in English language learning and teaching at universities. The process involves a comprehensive study into various genres of academic discourse. Written genres are of utmost importance since the greater part of academic communication takes place in a written form. Objective. The paper is aimed at describing the algorithm of teaching how to write a personal statement in English. Results.