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45 The term "intercultural communication" was first used in 1954 by V. Trager and E. Hall in their work, ―Culture as Communication: A Model and Analysis‖, where the scholars discussed the interrelationship between culture and communication [3]. Later, in E. Hall's 1959 monograph, ―The Silent Language‖, the idea of the necessity of teaching and studying the culture of communication was developed [1]. In the educational system, intercultural communication is defined as the spiritual and material exchange between cultures within the framework of various types of educational activity. This exchange aims to enhance professional knowledge, facilitate exposure to cultural values, and foster the development of the individual's creative, intellectual, and communicative potential. An interesting point is that "Intercultural Communication" functions both as a "new science" and as an independent academic discipline. As an academic discipline, it originated in the 1960s at a number of universities in the United States. Today, this discipline is a classic university course that combines the theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural interaction. According to existing textbooks and curricula in foreign and Ukrainian universities, the discipline "Intercultural Communication" complements the study of a foreign language, as any communication conducted in a foreign language is inherently intercultural. The goal of foreign language study cannot be reduced merely to the acquisition of communicative skills. Students must develop the understanding that a foreign language embodies a specific set of values, opinions, ways of thinking, beliefs, and other cultural manifestations inherent to its native speakers, which differ from the equivalent set belonging to the students' native language speakers. In this context, we can speak of the emergence of the intercultural personality, who is prepared for life and communication in a cross-cultural environment. This implies the capacity to respect and perceive the other culture as equally valuable to one's own; to engage in intercultural dialogue by correctly interpreting the value