Формирование межкультурной коммуникативной компетенции у будущего инженера средствами иностранного языка

Intercultural communicative competence is considered in the paper as being developed in foreign language classroom and through the use of the authentic texts. The notions of intercultural and communicative competence are viewed in the article. The concepts of achievement culture, behavior culture, cultural awareness are touched upon. The role of texts in competence development is analyzed. Forms of work at the text and possible tasks are discussed.