Forschungsschwerpunkt: Russia

Projektdetails

Hochschule
Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg
Sprache
Projektleitung gesamt
Davydova, Julia; Dr. habil.
Projektleitung intern
Davydova, Julia; Dr.
Interne Projektmitarbeiter/innen
Externe Projektmitarbeiter/innen
Kooperationspartner
Laufzeit
2017 – 2019
Beschreibung
This chapter provides an overview of the language ideologies and language policies in Russia, while attempting to ascertain the impact these may have had on the attitudes towards English, a major foreign language taught in Russian schools today. The chapter is structured as follows. First, I review the language policies pursued by the Russian government in pre-revolutionary Russia. Second, I explain how linguistic diversity was managed during the Soviet era. In the next step, I highlight the most recent developments in the domain of language planning and language management, while considering the most recent socio-political events, namely the annexation of the Crimea peninsula. Finally, I discuss how language policies traditionally implemented in Russia have impacted on English-language teaching, as well as the teaching of other foreign languages. Throughout the chapter, I will attempt to expand the scope of my descriptive analysis to include some of Russia’s neighbouring states (e.g. the Ukraine, Byelorussia, etc.). In so doing, I will attempt to demonstrate how the linguistic legacy of the Soviet period has affected language ideologies and policies in those satellite states.
Beschreibung (engl.)
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