Info-cognitive technologies in language education

Abstract

Digitalization is global modern challenge leading to digital transformations changing of all society institutes and structures including education. This article presents rationale for the necessity of info-cognitive technologies introduction in native language-related education on the methodological bases of cognitive and cross-cultural approaches. Realization experience of cognizer idea which is an info-cognitive technology of language-culture native speaker mind verbal modeling is represented. Informational system includes the researcher’s web interface, a responder and data bases having total information. An associative inquest for created system testing was carried out; the research was done in the Buryat Republic (Russia). Buryats are Mongolian language ethnic group remained traditional life, values-based attitude to family/nation, nature-made objects. The state of the Buryat language is rated as critical; it was added to the list of endangered world languages by UNESCO. Students aged 17-20 years old took part in this research. There were about 105 stimulus words. They found out specific linguistic consciousness and values-based orientations of native speakers, preservation of respondent’s national language code/mentality which shows the necessity of their consideration in the process of native language studying.