DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL BY MEANS OFTHEDISCIPLINE “RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE”

This paper examines the concept of cross-cultural competencies formed in foreign military personnel in the process of mastering the Russian language. Thearticle specifies the wording of the central term, reveals the structure of cross-cultural communicative competencies, outlines the prospects for their development for the professional and personal development of foreign cadets. The author’s special attention is focuseson the role of cross-cultural communicative competencies in the process of forming the secondary linguistic identity of foreign military personnel arriving for training in the Russian higher education environment. In the process of studying the discipline “Russian as a Foreign Language”, cadets are required to master a set of materials on the professionally oriented Russian language, which inevitably sets the teacher the task of developing the communicative skills of students to use the language for special purposes. Considering innovative ideas for forming intercultural communicative competence in foreign speakers, cross-cultural competencies are most relevant. The work reflects fruitful ways and means of introducing tools for developing cross-cultural communicative competencies of foreign military personnel in the practice of obtaining foreign language education in the context of the Russian higher military school.