Abstract:

In this article the problem of polycultural of modern society which demands from each person of the created cross-cultural communicative and sociocultural competence is considered. Existence of these competences allows to concern more tolerantly to representatives of other nations and nationalities, to be more open and ready to constructive permission of the arising conflicts. Also the emphasis is placed on the extending opportunities of information technologies which can productively be used both in polyculturaleducation, and for the purpose of forecasting and settlement of the arising conflicts

Keywords: polycultural environment, polycultural education, cross-cultural communicative competence, sociocultural competence, information technologies, electronic information-educational environment, settlement of the conflicts