Collected articles Issue 2017
of teaching foreign languages, intercultural communication is the object of
close attention of scientists.
The pages of the scientific literature pay great attention to the
problem of intercultural communication in professional and pedagogical
activity. One of the aspects of this direction is the study of non-verbal
means of communication, which plays an important role in the process of
intercultural interaction, since it is known that various means of non-verbal
communication (gesture, facial expression, posture, view, distance) are in
some cases more expressive and effective than words. In modern linguistics,
culturology, the methodology of teaching foreign languages, intercultural
communication is the object of close attention of scientists. Among the
works in the field of cultural communication are the works of
Vereshchagin E. M., Ignatova I. B., Kostomarov V. G., Mitrofanova O. D.,
Furmanova V. P., Bakhtina M. M., Ter-Minasova S. G., Afanasyeva I. N.,
Busygina A. G., Busygina A. L., Grekova A. A. and others.
According to me Ter-Minasova S. G., the basis of any
communication is the «mutual code», mutual knowledge of the realities,
knowledge of the subject of communication between the participants in
communication [5], so the study and teaching of a foreign language should
be carried out in close connection with the world of the speakers of the
language being studied, in indissoluble unity with cultures of peoples using
these languages as a means of communication. Only in this way it is
possible to provide foreign language learners with the necessary
background knowledge, without it, real communication is impossible. In
every country, people communicate in different ways: in accordance with
their customs, traditions and mentality. In the process of communication, an
important role belongs to a culture of communication, which includes not
only the forms of speech, but also its non-verbal component (body
movements, facial expressions, gestures, etc.). Non-verbal components are
the most important components of communication, since they are the most
important carriers of message values. Most often the non-verbal
transmission occurs simultaneously with the verbal and can either enhance
or change the content of words. In the opinion of psychologists, 60-80% of
communication occurs due to non-verbal means only 20-40% - due to
verbal ones. This opinion is confirmed by researches of scientists in the
field of cultural communication, according to the data presented in the book
of Ter-Minasova’s S. G. «War and the World of Languages and Cultures»,
communication consists of: 7% verbal means proper, 38% phonetic
language design, 55% non-verbal means [4, p. 93].
A significant contribution to the problem of studying non-verbal
communication was made by domestic and foreign scientists Pease A.,
Koztsolino M., Nikolaeva T. M., Uspensky B. A., Morozov V. P.