Development of multilingual education in Ukraine

Nina Nikolska,Oksana Pershukova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20207501004

Abstract

Language education is an important tool that forms the consciousness of the individual and its ability to be socially mobile in society, contributes to a dialogue of cultures in a globalizing world. New realities require changes in the definition of the level of knowledge of foreign languages, the new approaches definition to the selection of content and organization of materials, the use of adequate forms and types of control. Of particular relevance is multilingual education on the principle of Ukrainian + foreign in the light of Common-European polymeric trends, the integration of our state in the European educational space, the spread of student exchange practices and the openness of our country’s educational system for foreign students. The spread of the foreign languages studying fits into the context of European directives, which recommend that the Member States teach two other languages of the European Union in educational institutions, in addition to the state language. Multilingual education in Ukraine is an adequate answer to the question of linguistic and cultural diversification in Europe. An important feature of multilingual education in Ukraine is to take into account the regional needs of local ethnic communities, national characteristics and Common European trends.

Highlights

1.1 The problem statementA characteristic feature of modernity is the increase in the scale and pace of change due to the information society formation
As a result of situation analysis, we have concluded that multilingual education in Ukraine develops according to three main models: the first - multilingual education for children from the families of the majority of the population; the second - multilingual education for children from families of national minorities; the third model of multilingual education is specific; a similar model does not exist in Western Europe
As a result of our research, we have concluded that historical events, ideological settings, socio-cultural conditions and many other factors influenced greatly on the language situation and language education in Ukraine

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Introduction

1.1 The problem statementA characteristic feature of modernity is the increase in the scale and pace of change due to the information society formation. The information community is characterized by the globalization of processes and phenomena that form a single world and a single information space. This contributes to the establishment of a single global culture of mankind, as well as the interpenetration and enrichment of national cultures [1]. The interconnectedness and interdependence of countries and nations of the modern world, the intensive development of globalization processes determine the growth of interest in studying international experience in public life’s various areas, including the activation of international comparative studies in the educational sphere. In the context of this scientific direction, there are many views of scientists on the substantiation of trends in the development of the world and European education in the 21st century [2], they are very cautious in making forecasts and warn that their assumptions may be erroneous, since the future is multivariate, and social and pedagogical processes are largely unpredictable, and only time will adequately demonstrate the truth or falsehood of one or another prognostic the script

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