Main Trands and Prospects of Bilingual Education Development

The paper deals with the system of bilingual education, its development history, causes and effects of transformation of multi-ethnical education into polycultural one. The correlation between the bilingual and polycultural teaching is emphasized, its intensification resulting from the historical an...

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Main Author: Y. Solntseva-Nakova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University 2015-02-01
Series:Obrazovanie i Nauka
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Online Access:https://www.edscience.ru/jour/article/view/112
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Summary:The paper deals with the system of bilingual education, its development history, causes and effects of transformation of multi-ethnical education into polycultural one. The correlation between the bilingual and polycultural teaching is emphasized, its intensification resulting from the historical and socio-cultural background, as well as the global trends in philosophy, pedagogy and psychology. The author specifies the term of bilingual teaching; examines its various models emphasizing that their preferences depend on the particular socio-lingual backgrounds; demonstrates the relevance of bilingual teaching resulted from the general trend of economic, cultural and political integration. The advantages of bilingual education are enumerated: the access to information in various spheres and in a broader scale, continuing educational growth and competitiveness in the European and world labor markets.
ISSN:1994-5639
2310-5828