Intercultural competence as a part of professional qualities

Abstract

The article gives an overview of approaches to the definition of the concepts of "intercultural competence", "professional competence", and their correlation. Intercultural competence is attributed to a group of key competencies of an individual as a whole and professional competence of a modern specialist. It is proved that it makes the basis for the professional development of specialists. It is considered simultaneously as a: range of issues a person should be aware of; gained experience, information resource, knowledge in a particular subject area; socially required requirement for the training of a specialist in a particular field. We contributed to the development and characteristics of components of intercultural competence as a part of professional cultural competence (behavioural, personal, motivational, and cognitive), indicators of components and levels of formation. Diagnostics, relevant to the selected com