In the modern world, in the context of globalization, transformation of national borders and cultural diversity, the formation of the sociocultural identity of the younger generation is of particular importance. Since sociocultural identity is a dynamic and contextually determined category that plays an important role in the processes of self-identification of individuals and groups in modern society, this article examines this phenomenon as a linguodidactic problem located at the intersection of related humanitarian scientific disciplines. In our opinion, sociocultural identity is the core of a human-oriented approach to learning, since it is important for each individual to learn to identify himself with such macro-social communities as Kazakh society, ethnicity, national language and culture, etc. There is no doubt that the formation of this identity consists of a number of steps. This article presents the result of a receptive experiment aimed at identifying the degree of formation of students’ value-semantic competence, which is one of the seven key competencies and underlying sociocultural identity.