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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 16. Number 2, June 2025 Pp. 394-413
Department of English for Engineering #1. Faculty of Linguistics, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of English. State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Romance and Germanic Philology, Department of Literary Studies, Oriental Philology, and Translation, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Poltava, Ukraine
Department of Translation, Applied and General Linguistics. Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communication, Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Department of English Language Practice and Methods of its Teaching. Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Drohobych, Ukraine
Intercultural communication is a historical and cultural phenomenon that has accompanied the development of mankind. The cultural diversity of every nation can be explained to a large extent by the ways of communication that have always taken place in history through contact. In terms of learning foreign languages, intercultural communication plays a leading role. The aim of the present study is to analyse the role of intercultural communication in the acquisition of slang vocabulary in English. The significance of the given study is in highlighting the crucial role of intercultural communication in enhancing the acquisition of English slang in order to support a development of more effective, culturally integrated language teaching methods. The method of the study was based on a cross-sectional survey among language students with different levels of English proficiency. The main findings of the study demonstrate that a natural communicative environment can create conditions for learning English slang. Working with native speakers allows for better integration into a new language environment. The study of linguistic variation is necessary at the very beginning of learning a foreign language. The role of teachers in this process is a leading one. It is they who should organise and regulate changes in students’ linguistic and cultural adaptation. To conclude, the intercultural integration plays a leading role in the cognitive integration of slang acquisition. The further use of this study will open up new perspectives in the didactics of English language teaching.
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Inna Akhmad, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of English for Engineering #1, Faculty of Linguistics, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7673-4308
Artur Gudmanian, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Department of English, State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4196-2279
Nataliia Yuhan, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology, Professor of the Department of Literary Studies, Oriental Philology, and Translation, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Poltava, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6845-6731
Tatiana Leleka, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Translation, Applied and General Linguistics, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communication, Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-4435
Mariia Hulych, PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of English Language Practice and Methods of its Teaching, Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Drohobych, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3447-9131