The republic of uzbekistan kokand state pedagogical institute named after mukimi faculty of foreign languages

Conclusion
We have investigated the term “competence”, the importance of competence in teaching, the types of competence, the main features of intercultural competence in teaching English. I chose this work as the theme of my course work because we interested in it. We used different kind of references to investigate the actuality of the work. The influence and power of language is meaningful to cultural and ethnic group members. In each speech community - ethnic, racial, cultural or gender-related -- language use is of vital importance. Each speech community has its norms, forms and codes for communication. The interactions of a group of people vary in many respects: in frequency and value of speaking, interpretation of speaking performances, and shared language forms. The speech community maintains the norms and rules of communication, but it may gradually change them. On the other hand, in every speech community there is a degree of individual deviation from the norms.
The link between foreign language learning and culture learning has been established by the linguists and anthropologists a long time ago. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages has concluded that through the study of other languages, students gain a knowledge and understanding of the cultures that use that language. Moreover, students cannot truly master the language until they have also mastered the cultural contexts in which the language occurs. Linguistic competence alone is not enough for learners of a language to be competent in that language. From simple, everyday things, like forms of address to appropriate ways of expressing disagreement, culture forms an integral part of the language learning curricula. In any case, in order for communication to be successful, language use must be associated with other culturally appropriate behavior, not only linguistic rules in the narrow sense. Competence in these «higher» levels of language will be attained only if the child has opportunity to hear and use language in situations where these competences are authentically required.