Учебное пособие G. G. Gubina english for tourists in professional communication part I textbook

gender, n пол 
Gender determines the attitude towards culture. Different genders may have distinct cultural competency.  
informative, a 1 информативный 2 информационный 
Contemporary society is informative. Informative society is now changing the world.  
intercultural, a межкультурный 
Theory of intercultural communication has to be studied for various specialties. Studying the theory of 
intercultural communication is a part of training in tourism.  
multicultural, a мультикультурный 
Contemporary world has a tendency to become multicultural. In the European Union some countries 
follow multicultural tendencies.  
occupation, n род занятий
At customs people are often asked about their occupation. Occupation is indicated in all applications.  
speed, n скорость

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The contemporary world is changing with increasing speed. There is a constantly growing speed.  
subculture, n субкультура 
Subcultures are a part of large culture. There is a diversity of subcultures in Africa.  
world, n 1 мир 2 вселенная
Multiethnic world is a reality of nowadays. Everybody finds his or her own place in multiethnic world.  
well-being, n 1 благополучие 2 благосостояние
The well-being influences the formation of cultural competency. The well-being contributes to its 
improvement. 
Task 2. Determine the word stems, suffixes, prefixes of the words and the parts of speech of newly-formed 
words.  
Development, changing, contemporary, cross-cultural, informative, intercultural, multicultural, occupation, 
subculture, well-being.  
Task 3. Read the text and find the specific features of development of cultural competence in a 
contemporary multicultural world. Write them out.