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"Philosophy of Education"

2011 year, number 3

BILINGUALISM AS A SYNONYM OF CULTURE

E. Y. Pogozheva
Keywords: educational politics, lingual competence, bilingualism, multilingualism, multilingual personality, multiculture, communicative competence
Pages: 209-217

Abstract

The article considers bilingualism in all its aspects, examines the basic directions of studying bilingualism, discusses the aims of pedagogical investigation, at the basis of which there lies a psychological mechanism of development of multilingual personality in the multicultural society. A second language is a means, changing psychological individuality, the viewpoint of the world, life values, determining the character and the content of his/her acts and deeds. And only the personality, capable of understanding the representatives of other cultures, can make a contribution into effective realization of humankind objectives in the language education:  establishing mutual understanding and peace between different cultures.