MAIN TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLYLINGUAL EDUCATION IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA
The article highlights the problems of the development of bilingual and multilingual education in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The urgency of the development of multilingual education in the situation of globalization of society and the development of digital technologies has been substantiated. The role of multilingual education for adaptation and successful development of students is described. The necessity in the learning process to overcome not only linguistic, but also cultural barriers for the effective development of students in the modem multicultural Russian society is substantiated. A description of the features of the bilingual and multilingual approach to learning is given. The mission of modem multilingual education is outlined, which ensures the implementation of intercultural dialogue, and also contributes to the development of communicative competence based on the native language of students. The main difficulties are identified and the specifics of the organization of professional training of teachers for working with bilingual children in a multicultural society are identified. The requirements for linguistic competence in the situation of artificial bilingualism at the beginning of schooling in a non-native language are analyzed. The main approaches to assessing the impact of bilingualism on cognitive development in the context of the difference between natural and artificial bilingualism are presented. The need to clarify the requirements for the psychological readiness of first-graders to study at school in a foreign language in a bilingual situation is substantiated. The article analyzes the problems of training teachers and educational psychologists who have the necessary competencies in these conditions, the issues of professional training of teachers for working with children, for whom Russian is a second, non-native language. The main trends in the development of language policy in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are analyzed. The ways of development in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of polycultural education are outlined. The possibilities of multilingual educational projects for the development of motivation and skills of multilingual education are analyzed.