Anfalova L.V. 1
Kalugina E.V. 1
1 Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University
The main theme of the article is the definition of actual level of social and communicative competence at foreign students. The article presents the author’s point of view on one of the most priority task today for the education. The authors describe their experience about the formation of social and communicative competence at foreign students, indicating the students’ problem with adaptation, that is the development of the international relations with other countries and education of foreign students. In this article the role and the content of educational process, which is directed to the formation of social and communicative competence at foreign students taking into account their specific features re revealed. It is a very important question because the competence is the key concept for education today and its formation is the main aim for professional education. Special attention is paid to the adaptation process of foreign students to the new life and education. Successful realization of the adaptation program will contribute of social and communicative competence at foreign students and create the positive view about Russian people and state in general. It is shown the approaches and definitions of “competence” and “adaptation”.