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The original online rendition of the book was published without appropriate affiliations of the volume editors, and the book has been revised with the necessary modifications in volume editors affiliation.

The article investigates the effectiveness of using television genres in promoting cross-cultural competence. The educational potential of talk shows and stand-up comedies is found to be significant as they display a wide range of features of spontaneous communication and high level of ethnic specificity, while presenting a good opportunity for organizing classroom role-playing simulations.