Technologies for the Formation of National Identity When Teaching Students a Foreign Language

National identity is one of the key aspects of the culture and self-awareness of the people and is of great importance for strengthening social stability, preserving cultural heritage, language and developing national self-awareness. National identity can influence political and social processes in society can help strengthen national unity, and stimulate citizen participation in society and politics. Teaching foreign languages is considered not just as a means of communication and a way to gain knowledge, but also as an opportunity to understand the national and cultural characteristics of the people who speak it. Modern society needs competent, creative and active specialists, whose training will not be relevant and sufficient without acquiring knowledge not only about the culture of the countries of the language being studied, but also about their own culture. That is why a foreign language has priority importance as a means of intercultural communication and generalization of the spiritual heritage of the countries and peoples of the studied and native languages. The process of language acquisition should be accompanied by the study of a foreign language culture, since this allows students to expand their picture of the world, forming a respectful attitude towards the values of another nation. With this approach to the process of teaching a foreign language, native culture is compared with the culture of the people whose language is being studied, students' knowledge of their native culture is deepened, and national self-awareness is cultivated.