Implementation of Language Policy in School Education of the Chuvash Republic (late 1980s– 2019)

Abstract

The article discusses some of the problems of language policy in the Chuvash Republic. Attention is paid to the Chuvash language teaching in educational institutions after the adoption of republican legislation on languages in 1990. This process was not simple, it was accompanied by a lack of understanding of the necessity of studying the Chuvash language in the regions of the republic where Russian population predomiates over the Chuvash one. For more than a quarter of a century, considerable experience has been gained in the organization and methods of teaching the Chuvash language, and despite the fact that it has barely become more widely spoken, it has become more familiar at the domestic and public levels. The transition to the voluntary learning of native languages began in the second half of 2017 and was accompanied by organizational difficulties. The article also gives opinions of the Chuvash language teachers on the problems of its teaching and usage in the family and social environment.