INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT AS A COMPONENT OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is the state of the international student environment at the Odessa State Agrarian University, determining the level of international, intercultural communication within the internationalization of the educational process. Discussion of the complex process of adaptation of foreign students to the new socio-cultural living conditions for them, as an element of the organization of effective intercultural communication at the university.

The scientific novelty is an analysis of the state of the international student environment at the level of Odessa State Agrarian University. The issues of international communication of students from different countries and cultures in the university environment are revealed, taking into account the internationalization of the educational process. The historical aspect of the entry of intercultural communication into the academic life of universities is revealed and the problems of international communication in the educational process and the daily life of students are covered. The creation of communication channels and communication between teachers and foreign students of the university, representing different countries, is discussed, which will create a harmonious university environment that will be the basis for the internationalization of the educational process. The importance of organizing effective intercultural communication at the university as a complex process of adaptation of foreign students to new socio-cultural living conditions is shown.

Conclusions. It is proved that the need for adaptation of foreign students, makes the main goal of the educational process to provide the most favorable conditions for self-development of the individual as a student of education, ie the creation of an effective educational environment. For intercultural, international communication to be successful, a certain competence is necessary for understanding, which must be nurtured in specially organized forms and situations of intercultural communication. Inclusion of students in the zone of positive interethnic communication and relations, built on the principles of tolerance and morally responsible dependence, contributes to the formation of a culture of social and interpersonal communication, expanding the prospects of intercultural dialogue.