This paper aims at conducting conceptual analyses of tolerance term in order to specifying its meaning in education context; additionally, the paper intends to determine the level of tolerance and outline the necessity of its development among tertiary education students during foreign language classes as an integral part of overall Intercultural Communication Competence.
Herein Intercultural Communication Competence refers to the ability to conduct effective communication in various cultural contexts with people from different cultural backgrounds both within the country and outside its boundaries. ICC strives to achieve a significant improvement of cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity in order to ensure successful communication and increase the mobility of students and young professionals in the world, especially those majoring in Hospitality and Tourism, and Physical Education. In other words, ICC involves two mutually connected states of knowing oneself and knowing others, which appear as a result of long-lasting process of culture exchange in and outside classroom
