The content of the cross-cultural competence of foreign students of the preparatory department

Friendly cross-cultural and international relations are currently of particular importance for countries peoples around the world. The state policy Russian Federation is aimed at promoting language culture, exporting education. preparatory department, as first stage educational process foreign citizens in Russia, both provides training plays an important role socio-cultural development students, their acquaintance with target-language country. paper covers issue formation competence students be exact, theoretical substantiation content this competence: identification description its topical units. analyzes possibilities using interdisciplinary approach department. As competence, authors consider information about history, geography a country, some national identities people When selecting took into account principles criteria selection education, specifics special aspects organizing preparation stage. result study, identified specified described units: cultural-historical, geographical, national, regional. Besides, cognitive functional components competence. establishes between disciplines humanities substantiates application within framework