Актуальность статьи обусловлена необходимостью изучения эффективности новых организационно-методических приемов и технологий по совершенствованию языковой подготовки студентов-лингвистов на младших курсах. В современных условиях образовательного процесса для достижения студентами высокого уровня владения коммуникативной межкультурной компетенцией, предусмотренной ФГОС нового поколения, необходимо уделять особое внимание культурно-дидактическим и социально-психологическим аспектам. Проведенный анализ научных источников позволил доказать важность применения в образовательном процессе нестандартных методов обучения, содержащих элементы творческого подхода к усвоению нового языка, позволяющих качественно формировать профессиональные компетенции студентов. В статье предлагается комплексный анализ эффективности использования таких методов, авторы статьи дают подробные рекомендации по применению этих элементов на уроках немецкого языка при обучении студентов-лингвистов на младших курсах и иллюстрируют их наглядными примерами. В статье уделяется внимание анализу словообразовательных средств и словообразовательных моделей как способу не только систематизации языкового материала, но и усвоения концептуальной модели мира немецкого социума. Работа с немецкими аудиотекстами, овладение интонационными образцами, знакомство с темпоритмикой немецкой речи, использование видеоматериалов также рассматриваются в исследовании как эффективные средства формирования межкультурной компетенции. Статья предназначена для работников системы образования, руководителей образовательных учреждений, исследователей, магистрантов и студентов. The relevance of the article is due to the need to study the effectiveness of new organizational and methodological techniques and technologies for improving the language training of junior students. Nowadays, it is necessary to pay special attention to the cultural-didactic and social-psychological aspects of the educational process when mastering this competence to achieve a high level of knowledge of students' possession of the communicative cross-cultural competence provided by the new FSES. The analysis of literary sources made it possible to prove the importance of using non-standard teaching methods containing elements of creative continuation in language acquisition that allow students to form professional competencies qualitatively. The article offers an integrated analysis of the effectiveness of the use of such methods. The authors of the article give detailed recommendations on the use of these elements at German lessons with junior students and illustrate them with examples. The article focuses on the analysis of means and models of word-formation as a way of systematizing the language material and mastering the conceptual worldview of German society. Working with German audio texts, mastering intonation patterns, the tempo and rhythm of German speech and the use of different videos are considered as effective means of forming cross-cultural competence. The article is intended for education workers, heads of educational institutions, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students.
Social workers have often considered cultural competence to be an individual ability or skill (Green;, 1999; Ponterotto, Sanchez, & Magids, 1990). Some scholars, however, have transcended this individual-based approach and addressed cultural competence at the interpersonal, agency and systems levels. (Yan & Wong, 2005; Hyde, 2004). In this study, the authors pursued a multilevel approach to studying cultural competence, conceptualized as the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of individuals, agencies, and wider systems to address the needs of underserved and minority populations. Professionals who work with victims of domestic violence were surveyed to assess cultural competence. There were positive relationships between individual cultural competence and both agency and systems cultural competence, indicating that individual, agency, and systems cultural competence are connected and that a multilevel approach to addressing the needs of underserved individuals could prove useful in promoting the ends of social justice.
Faced with increased global migration, there is a growing concern that social workers need more training in- and knowledge of culture and ethnicity. These understandings have come to influence research, education, practice, codes of ethics and organizational policy, constituting a multicultural discourse within the field of social work. Social workers are expected to have cultural competence, and exercise cultural sensitivity in their practice. However, a clear and consistent understanding of what it means to be culturally competent or culturally sensitive is missing, and there seems to be little consensus in how to define and apply these concepts, both within research and practice. The aim of this qualitative evidence synthesis is to synthesize what previous empirical research reports about social workers' understandings and experiences when operationalizing the concepts into practice. Through data-based and a manual journal search, 12 qualitative empirical studies were included in the synthesis. Our analysis describes four main challenges in the studies' efforts to operationalize the cultural concepts in social work practice: 1) Who to define as culturally diverse service-users; 2) What aspects of culture to consider in the encounters with culturally diverse service-users; 3) How to consider and approach these aspects of culture, and 4) the capacity to work in a culturally appropriate manner within the organizational context where this work is undertaken. The literature acknowledges these challenges to varying degrees. We summarize the four challenges in a model, and argue that the model can be useful in further awareness-raising, development and integration of our understandings of cross-cultural social work. By depicting the essential questions of who, what, how and where to employ the concepts into practice, we aim to assist scholars, practitioners and educators to help navigate the multifaceted landscape of culture and social work.