Formation of students’ cross-cultural competencies in a technical university: assessment of content and effectiveness

Introduction. The article presents an overview of pedagogical, linguistic and psychological-social studies addressing cross-cultural competence as a multidimensional construct and considers the problems of developing students’ cross-cultural competencies in a modern technical higher educational institution with the main focus on developing popular soft skills. The aim of the research is to identify the components of the cross-cultural competence as a construct and evaluate the level of their formation in technical university students, as well as to propose effective mechanisms for their development.