Cultural idea of teaching foreign languages in Russia and its development at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries

In pedagogy, culture contributes to the formation of personality and has significant pedagogical and educational potential. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, educational scientists increasingly note the relationship between culture and the discipline "Foreign language" as a fact of the formation moral and aesthetic consciousness of the individual. The development of the cultural idea in teaching foreign languages in Russia during the specified period of time is studied. The main goal is to study the development of factors promoting the learning of foreign languages in the context of cultural dialogue. The research task is to analyze the influence of the culturological idea on the methodology of teaching foreign languages in Russia at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st century. Attention is drawn to the importance of familiarizing students with cultural studies material for understanding a different culture, developing readiness to communicate in a foreign language environment, tolerance and respect. The culturological approach is considered as one of the strategically important approaches of that time, in which culture acts as the core in the process of teaching foreign languages. Examples of differences in the communicative behavior of different peoples are given; the main sources of cultural knowledge (textbooks) are demonstrated. It is concluded that becoming a participant in intercultural communication, the student must learn to accept a different culture, its values and advantages. The cultural potential is the strategic objective of the subject "Foreign language", which means that the study of foreign languages must necessarily take place in the context of culture.