Abstract:

The process of internalization and globalization in the modern world requires the establishment and development of contacts at the international level. The competence in international communication contributes to the successful and effective international cooperation at all levels. An important role in the process of mastering the competence of international communication belongs to the implementation of international projects. The article presents the effective international projects implemented and maintained by the researchers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. These international projects impact in learning of foreign languages and communication experts’ formation at Linguistics and Foreign Languages departments where students’ communicative and cultural competences are indispensable.

The objectives of our investigation are to present the projects, to describe the results of students’ and teachers’ participation in some international projects and elaborate criteria which the successful interchange projects should correspond to in order to be beneficial for both higher education quality and efficiency of foreign language and communication disciplines teachers.

The methodology involves comparison analysis of students’ and teachers’ communicative and cultural competence after having participated in international forums and symposiums on intercultural investigations, didactical seminars held in France, Spain, Germany, Ukraine and some other countries and having spent a period of time in another country due to Erasmus+ and other international programs of mobility.

The obtained results prove the necessity of international experience change, learning and practicing projects which should be an obligatory part of modern higher education as international collaboration, which is inevitable in the contemporary globalized world, requires spreading of world view, eliminating of mentality restrictions and stereotypes disappearance.

Keywords:

Intercultural communication, communicative competence, foreign languages, international projects, quality, psychological aspect.