The potential of intercultural foreign language education for the development of existential competence in senior schoolchildren

The anthropocentrism of today’s educational paradigm prioritizes foreign language learners’ ideological self-determination. The latter actualizes the need to define the concept and the components of existential competence in foreign language education. A literature review in existential analysis helps to identify the meaningful models potentially suitable for developing existential competence through an examination of authentic cultural facts. The research paper defines the concept of existential competence, justifies the potential of intercultural foreign language education as a factor in existential competence development, and suggests a short lesson scenario as an educational technology for developing existential competence in senior school students.