Со-study of native and studied cultures as a condition for the formation of intercultural competence of foreign students

The experience of forming intercultural competence in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language is described. The necessity of applying the interconnected study of new and native cultures for students, the formation of a positive perception of cultural differences with representatives of other peoples, the constant development of students’ own communicative qualities is substantiated. It is concluded that the perception of students’ native culture as a condition for studying new cultures was a natural result of the development of linguodidactics. Some problems and ways of co-studying cultures in the classroom of Russian as a foreign language are considered, examples from the author’s practice are given.