Wielokulturowość i wielojęzyczność jako model życia społeczeństwa wielokulturowego

Abstract

Viktoriya Vakhovska, Daria Vakhovska. Multiculturalism and multilingualism as a model of life in a multicultural society The concept of multiculturalism is understood from the perspective of multiculturalism, i.e. a model of life in a multicultural society. Based on the analysis of the concept of multiculturalism, it can be concluded that it is understood as an idea, a new social model and a political doctrine in which the equality of cultures is postulated in ethnically, culturally and religiously diverse societies. One of the main dimensions and components of cultural diversity is multilingualism. Multilingualism should be considered as an attribute of the personality of a person who knows or learns languages. Multiculturalism and multilingualism are interrelated concepts where language serves as a tool for the „cultivation of culture by different nations.” The aim of this paper is to examine the concepts of multiculturalism and multilingualism and to analyze the integration of multicultural and multilingual into the contemporary education system. The main research method of the paper is a systemic analysis of the analyzed terms. In the institutional and legal aspects, the complementary method is the analysis of the legal documents, defining the directions of the language policy implementation in multicultural societies. During the preparation of this article the leading method became the system analysis of analyzed terms. In the institutional and legal aspects, as the complementary method we used the analysis of document which has found its reception in the analysis of the legal bases which defined the directions of language policy implementation in multicultural societies. While developing the theoretical foundations, we used the theoretical and practical achievements, the following items will be listed below which became the leading idea of this study: M. Barwiński, M. Byram, M. Barrett, J Ipgrave, R. Jackson, M. Carmen, M Garcia., D. L. Everett, M. Gruchola, G. Janusz, W. Martyniuk, A. Sadowski, A. Seretny, E. Lipińska. Keywords: culture, national minorities, multiculturalism, multilingualism, bilingualism, multicultural competences.