The Communicative Ethnographic Approach in the Formation of Intercultural Relations among Students

Abstract

The article discusses the issue of the Communicative-ethnographic approach in the formation of intercultural relations among students, which is one of the innovative approaches aimed at teaching the English language and culture. The "communicative" component denotes one of the main goals of teaching - teaching English as a means of communication through communication with representatives of different countries and cultures. "Ethnographic" - emphasizes an important condition for the implementation of the process of teaching the English language and culture - students must be in a linguistic and socio-cultural environment and act as ethnographers; observe and study the English language and culture by observing the communicative behavior of representatives of the country of the language being studied and communicating with them.