Dyrda I. Development of foreign students’ polycultural competence during the main stage of Ukrainian language training

students’studying Ukrainian language” has been specified. Terms “foreign students’ polycultural competence”, “foreign students’ polycultural competence during Ukrainian language training” have been defined. In the thesis structural components of polycultural competence (motive and targeted, cognitive, operative, reflexive) have been described. The system of criteria and indices for evaluating stages of polycultural competence formation has been selected. Fundamental methodology approaches (competence, person-oriented, communicative, cultural, polycultural, operative), principles (didactic, linguodidactic, specific), methods and ways of development of foreign students’ polycultural competence: reading method (prognostication, visual support usage, taking context into consideration, explanation), direct (familiarization with grammar, analogy), conscious and practical (self-semantization, sound and letter analysis, semantic segmentation), conscious and comparative (analysis, comparison, explanation), communicative (modeling, situational aspect, discussion) have been defined. The system of exercises for author’s methodology realization (preliminary, lexical and grammar, speech and communicative) has been developed. It provides with generalization and systematization of linguocultural knowledge of different cultures’ representatives. The methodology of development of foreign students’ polycultural competence has been theoretically substantiated and proved during the experiment. It favours successful mastering of information, students’ awareness of cultural phenomena differences, actualization of specific knowledge (on native culture, peculiarities of customs, traditions), gaining the skills of cultural self-analysis and forecasting incomprehension and conflicts. Key words: competence approach, foreign students, Ukrainian as a foreign language, foreign students’ polycultural competence during Ukrainian language training.