The technology of media communicative competence development on the basis of discourse reconstruction

Understanding and proper interpretation of media text present a serious problem for EFL learners because the perception of facts that represent a foreign culture in the text is determined by differences between native and alien cultures. This problem becomes especially important due to the increasing role of media discourse and the need to develop media communicative competence of a future linguist to achieve the objectives of vocational education. The article presents the stages and the system of learning activities to develop the media communicative competence on the basis of discourse reconstruction technology for EFL learners. The purpose of this technology is to teach EFL learners to fill in cultural gaps on the basis of information keys that can be found in media text and references to the information sources. This will provide deeper understanding of the text and its further adequate interpretation. The specifics of the technology lie in gradual (from the global level to the local level of culture) discovery of the certain layer of a foreign culture on the basis of media text.