Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University Research project Development of

Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University Research project Development of mediative culture of students during the process of chatting at foreign internet resources Research team • • • L. L. Suprunova, doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor of the chair of pedagogy vedasup@mail. ru S. V. Gridin, postgraduate of the chair of pedagogy tig 50@mail. ru А. А. Kiryanova, postgraduate of the chair of pedagogy kiryanova. anna@inbox. ru

Topicality of the research problem is dictated by the following factors: • intensive development of the processes of globalization; • broadening of the socio-cultural interactions between countries; • creation of the world education space; • informatization of education.

In the 21 st century the mission of multicultural education consists in: • supporting of language and cultural diversity in society; • developing of intercultural competence and multilingual compence of a personality

• Language fulfils integrative functions in the global socio-cultural space that demands from communicants abilities for empathy, tolerance, abilities for successful communication with foreign communicants • To sum up, the task of multicultural education consists in the developing of mediative culture of a personality.

• Mediation is a professional activity, which helps arguing sides to come to agreement, to work out realistic and convenient for both sides agreements, to sign contacts, regulating the terms concerning the object of argument and to follow the terms of a contract as a principle of human coexistence • Komarova E. P. Multicultural education in the epoch of globalization // Perspectives of science, 2012. – № 5. – P. 131 -132.

Working out of the project includes three phases: • projecting phase; • technological phase • reflexive phase. Novikov A. M. , Novikov D. A. Methodology. – M. : SINTEG, 2007. – P. 255.

During the projecting phase we set a goal: • To prove theoretically and to check experimentally the model of development of mediative culture of students during the process of chatting at internet resources.

The goal can be achieved by solving of the following tasks: • to analyze concepts of development of mediative culture of students worked out by russian and foreign scientists; • to determine the main criteria of development of mediative culture of students; • to work out the model of development of mediative culture of students

We determined the following criteria of development of mediative culture of students: • Cultural (understanding of mediative culture as an element of universal culture) • Motivational (stable motivation to studying of differences in the global multicultural informational space) • Cognitive (high cognitive activity in mastering mediative culture in multicultural context) • Technological (development of practical abilities and active application of modern internet technologies for intercultural interaction) • Moral (orientation in communication on humanistic values and socially approved norms) • Reflexive (development of adequate self-image of mediative culture of a personality)

We worked out the model of development of mediative culture of students during the process of chatting at foreign internet resources

To check the effectiveness of the worked out model 38 students of Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University interacted with representatives of different cultures at the following internet resources: • • Talkcity. com ICQ. com Paltalk. com Raid. Call. com Spinchat. com Omegle. com The chat machine. com

Results of the survey of 38 students of Pyatigosk State Linguistic University conducted at the internet resource Surveymonkey. com • Which of the following internet services suits you best? • • The chat machine. com - 4, 42 (mean quantity) Omegle. com - 4, 37 Raid. Call. com - 4, 32 Paltalk. com - 3, 95 Talkcity. com - 3, 89 Spinchat. com - 3, 84 ICQ. com - 3, 21

Do you read forum or chat rules and regulations before starting chatting? • 63 % answered «Yes» • 37% answered «No» Is it necessary for you to follow rules and regulations of forums and chats? • 95 % answered «Yes» • 5 % answered «No»

Does chatting with foreign friends help you to develop your communicative competence? • 78, 4% answered «Yes» • 21, 6 % answered «NO» How much time do you spend on chatting, communicating in social netwoks? • Less than one hour - 16% • One hour- 18% • More than one hour - 66 %

Is it necessary for you to use internet technologies in studying foreign languages? • 73, 7 % answered «Yes» • 26, 3 % answered «No»

Conclusion • Development of mediative culture presents to us as an important trend of multicultural education; • conducted research allows us to make a conclusion that the model of development of mediative culture of students can be used in practice.

Expected results: • raising of the level of mediative culture of students; • development of motivation to learning about ways of mastering mediative culture; • high cognitive activity in mastering mediative culture in multicultural context • development of practical abilities and active application of modern internet technologies for intercultural interaction • orientation in communication on humanistic values and socially approved norms • development of adequate self-image of mediative culture of the personality

List of resources • Bednenko V. G. , Suprunova L. L. Information technologies as means of development of critical thinking of students. – Pyatigorsk: PSLU, 2012. – 143 p. • Komarova E. P. Multicultural education in the epoch of globalization // Perspectives of science, 2012. – № 5. – P. 131 -132. • Novikov A. M. , Novikov D. A. Methodology. – M. : SINTEG, 2007. – 688 p.