The Development of Turkish Students’ Lingua Cultural Competence in Learning Kazakh

A.R. Nurzhanova, Saule Burbekova, Қ.Т. Мұхамади

2014

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DOI 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.1199
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Abstract

The problem of formation of lingua cultural competence of Turkish students in Kazakhstan is of great importance with the development of cultural, economical and educational connections between countries. The problem of conflicts between “own” and “foreign” cultures is connected with the problem of understanding and respecting the values of “foreign” culture, different life style, stereotypes and bias. The principles of language studying via “foreign culture” are topical and effective nowadays and lead to substituting communicative oriented approach to language learning by cultural oriented one. Cultural awareness of foreign students is a condition of successful language learning and the means of cognition of their “own” culture which reduce the distance in intercultural communication. Knowledge of cultural aspects gives the opportunity to develop interpersonal qualities and get rid of negative stereotypes. Cultural awareness is necessary for forming skills of choosing adequate behaviour strategies. In the article factor analysis, investigation of personal intercultural competences, the choice of effective strategies for intercultural communication for effective Kazakh language learning by Turkish students are given full attention. The present study has been conducted with 20 Turkish students studying in Kazakhstan. Having investigated the problem it was specified that using the nationally oriented lexis makes possible to overcome the problems of misunderstanding and have mutual understanding and respect other culture. The cultural errors are more suffering than linguistic ones. That is why it is very important to warn, explain, and prevent inadequate associations due to historical, socio linguistic peculiarities and uniqueness of national cultures.