The Intercultural Communication on Internet Space as a Means of Developing Multicultural Competence of Students in Russia and Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the problem of intercultural communication in the
Internet space. This problem is determined by active integration processes taking place in
Russia and Kazakhstan, within the framework of the transition from bipolar to polypolar
cooperation, from dialogue to polylogue of cultures. All this determines the relevance of the
research topic. The subject of the research is the features of the Internet space as a method of
intercultural communication and a means of forming multicultural competence in the Russian
and Kazakh student environment. The purpose of the study is to identify and study the features
of the formation of multicultural competence among students of Russia and Kazakhstan
through communication in the Internet space. Among the main research methods: 1) theoretical
methods (interdisciplinary & functional analysis, synthesis); 2) empirical methods
(observation, diagnostic methods, experimental work, system and theoretical analysis, the
method of expert assessments, interviewing, quantitative methods of processing results);
3) statistical methods (statistical processing of results). Based on the analysis, the author notes
that recently the Internet space has become an important channel of communication and
information for the majority of Russian and Kazakh students. This provides the possibility of
two-way active communication with almost the whole world. Communication with foreign
citizens allows you to learn about the culture of different peoples, adopt foreign words and
expressions and introduce them into your own language and culture.