Digitalization as a means of achieving goals of modern education significantly influences professional activ-ity of a school teacher by imposing new requirements on the competence characteristics the teachers should possess.

The purpose of this article is to present the review o f publications about the  of teaching intercultural communication at the lessons o f foгeign languages at univeгsities. The carried o u t analysis shows th a t the efficiency of inteгcultuгal communication is influenced both by objective and subjective factoгs. The most serious pгoems аге ethnocentгism, confuting to steгeotypes, insufficient foгeign language pгoficiency, mismatching of noгms and behavior of native and target cultuгe.