The course acquaints students with basic approaches to the relationship between language and culture, multilingualism and the requirements of curricular documents in this area, communication and intercultural communication competence of students, the principles of developing intercultural competence of students in the context of multicultural environment at school, bilingualism.
1. Relationships between language and culture.
2. The importance of knowledge of the cultural context in learning foreign languages.
3. Realities and linguistics in learning foreign languages.
4. Multilingualism and multiculturalism at school.
5. Intercultural communication competencies.
6. Ways of developing intercultural communication competence.
7. Development of intercultural competence of pupils in culturally heterogeneous classes.
8. Bilingualism.