Мовна картина світу іноземних студентів у соціолінгвістичному аспекті / Language image of the world of foreign students in the sociolinguistic aspect

The article is devoted to the study of the linguistic worldview of foreign students in a mixed Ukrainian environment in Odessa, who are studying at Odessa National Maritime University. The authors explain the relevance of conducting a sociolinguistic experiment, describe the conditions of the survey, summarise its results, and generalise the conclusions. The sociolinguistic experiment was used to identify positive and negative aspects that foreign students may encounter while living and studying in Ukraine. Taking into account the sociolinguistic experiment, their attitude to the modern realities of life, study and living, their perception and projection of the environment, linguistic, social and communicative adaptation were analysed. It has been proven that the sociolinguistic experiment is an effective and promising way to study their linguistic, communicative, behavioural and psychological characteristics. Based on the questionnaire, the specifics of foreign students’ interaction in a Ukrainian-mixed environment were traced. In the course of the study, communicative interaction in communication both at the university and beyond was established. The relationship between communicative deviations and interaction systems was determined. The problems that arise for foreign students in situations of communication with teachers, classmates and interlocutors were characterised. The results of a sociolinguistic experiment were analysed, and the importance of dialogue interaction between contacting cultures in the process of learning a foreign language (Ukrainian) was also proven, which ensures adequate mutual understanding between representatives of different linguistic and cultural communities. The results of the sociolinguistic experiment produced the following opportunities: a survey of informants, which was achieved using a specially designed questionnaire, constructed in such a way as to reproduce the form of existence, study and communication of foreign students in Ukraine. Key words: linguistic image of the world, communicative and sociocultural competences, sociolinguistic experiment, «naive picture of the world», «scientific picture of the world», «dialogue of cultures».