STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE SLAVIC LANGUAGE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Cover Image

ИЗУЧЕНИЕ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА В СЛАВЯНОЯЗЫЧНЫХ СТРАНАХ ЕВРОСОЮЗА
STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE SLAVIC LANGUAGE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Antonia Radkova
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: learning Russian language; motivation; Slavic countries of the European Union;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze the motivation to learn Russian language in Slavic countries of European Union. The paper describes factors that strongly influence the choice and the process of Russian language learning. A meta-analysis was carried out using data from statistics, sociology, economics, and linguistics. The results showed that many factors such as economic, political, cultural, linguistic, and religious affect motivation to varying degrees. The most important factor is the image of Russia among the country citizens.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 125-133
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian