Changes in language identity of bilingual students (Russian-Estonian Bilingualism) at Estonian-medium schools under the influence of the language situation Cover Image

Влияние языковой ситуации на изменения обобщенных характеристик языковой личности двуязычных учащихся (русско-эстонский билингвизм), получающих об-разование на эстонском языке
Changes in language identity of bilingual students (Russian-Estonian Bilingualism) at Estonian-medium schools under the influence of the language situation

Author(s): Irina Mikhailovna Moissejenko, Natalia Viktorovna Maltseva-Zamkovaja, Natalia Vladimirovna Tšuikina
Subject(s): School education, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Новосибирский государственный педагогический университет
Keywords: Bilingualism; Mother tongue; Language identity; Spheres of communication; Language situation; Language development; Questioning

Summary/Abstract: Introduction. The article studies how the current language situation in Estonia has influenced language identity of bilingual students (Russian-Estonian bilingualism) at Estonian-medium schools. The aim of the article is to reveal the changes which have taken place in the linguistic identity and language development of bilingual students for the recent 10 years. Materials and Methods. The main research methods are questionnaire survey, comparative analysis of the obtained data, and their statistic processing. Google Forms and Google Sheets have been used as instruments for automatization. Results. The research findings indicate the changes which have occurred in bilingual students’ language identity for the last 10 years influenced by the contemporary language situation. Conclusions. The article concludes that the spheres of the Russian language functioning have decreased among the target group of students. Russian is mainly used in everyday life. However, the use of written Russian has extended.

  • Issue Year: 9/2019
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 149-169
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Russian