The role of stereotypes in intercultural communication in foreign language lessons in the training of students – economists

Throughout its existence, each nation made up an idea not only about its life and culture, but also formed basic information about representatives of different countries. This includes data about their behavior, traditions, customs and cultural space. The totality of ideas about the nation forms stereotypes. This paper examines the influence of stereotypes on intercultural communication and highlights the problems that may arise during the process of its realization, emphasizing the necessity of developing intercultural communication which is seen as an indispensable condition of mutual understanding between nations in the modern world. The courses of foreign languages provide students with knowledge not only about language, but also with understanding about culture, stereotypes and different ways of life in differing communities; facilitate the application of this knowledge in intercultural situations by training of linguistic and intercultural skills. The research problem lies in the influence of stereotypes on the perception of the world picture of an individual of one nation by an individual of another nation.