The topic of the study is the analysis of forms of extracurricular work that contribute to the formation of foreign language communication competence among engineering students. The main tasks of the research are to identify the levels of formation of components of foreign language communicative competence among engineering students, the desire to work on self-improvement outside the classroom workload. Theoretical, empirical, statistical and mathematical methods have been used to conduct the empirical study. The participants were 64 students of the Educational-

The article is aimed at the assessment of the educational needs of the active older adults, studying their motives to learn English. The hypothesis of the research is that effective formation of the intercultural communicative competence in active older adults is carried out on the basis of the specially developed educational programme "Foreign language (English)" and the communicative-oriented approach in teaching within the framework of lifelong learning. In order to achieve the purpose of the research, a set of scientific methods was used: analysis, synthesis, comparing, generalisation, questioning, testing and interviewing. Respondents were 64 active older adults who were the students of the Centre of education and social activity for elderly people "Second Youth". The majority of respondents (51%) showed the increasing level of intercultural communicative competence after the completion of the English language course for ten months. The application of the suggested in the article model will improve the level of English competence, the motivation for learning English, the ability to communicate and interact in the intercultural environment, formation of positive and tolerant perception of intercultural features, the general level of self-confidence, as well as satisfaction of the need for extending communication with other people.

How are developing and what are the promising institutions of social capital formation in rural areas? The purpose of the article is to substantiate the optimal mechanism for the development of social community capital. With the help of comparative studies, we investigated international experience and domestic practice of the formation of formal and informal institutions of communities social capital (we had structured interviews with 200 representatives of Ukrainian territorial communities from rural areas during 2013-2017). The system approach provides to develop principles to a level of a model of co-creation-participation management. Using the methods of strategic management, the authors develop alternative strategies for implementing this model for communities of varying potential. Was allowed the basic principles of the institutional arrangement of the most successful communities. It is proved that the formation of a new type communities based on participation is an innovative model of multifunctional development of society, which allows to multiply the socio-ecological and economic potential of the territories and improve the life quality of the population.