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THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS’ CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 11 (164). P. 87-92

The relevance of the implementation of various programmes for social and psychological support in cross-cultural adaptation of foreign students is considered in this article. The author has developed a programm of social and psychological support, described its goals and objectives, logical structure, conceptual foundation, methodological principles, conditions of implementation, methods and forms of work. The portrait of a Russian high school student is offered, its social and psychological peculiarities are presented as structural components. Three main directions of psychological support for international students are chosen and described: the development of social and household skills of foreign students; the development of social and psychological characteristics of foreign students and overcoming negative phenomena; the formation and development of intercultural competence of foreign students.

Keywords: adaptation, cross-cultural adaptation, foreign students, social- psychological support, social and psychological characteristics