The Russian government has implemented policies to protect the language, including requiring businesses to translate their names and officials to avoid using anglicisms.

The law aims to reduce foreign words in official documents and public speeches by standardizing Russian language usage.

Countries like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Latvia have implemented language purification policies to promote their native languages.

These policies often restrict the use of foreign languages, especially English, in official contexts.

Ukraine has restricted Russian language use in government and public spaces, making Ukrainian the sole official language.

Kazakhstan is developing a language policy to modernize Kazakh and protect Russian.

Kazakhstan aims for 84% of the population to speak Kazakh and 94% of office work to be in Kazakh by 2029.

Language purification policies can lead to discrimination and limit access to education and information, especially for minority groups.

Russia's language policies have been criticized for limiting minority languages and promoting a dominant one.

Countries like Taiwan and Singapore have implemented bilingual or multilingual policies, promoting native languages and English.

These policies aim to enhance competitiveness, promote diversity, and improve communication skills.

The effectiveness of language purification policies is often measured by metrics like language use in schools and language proficiency rates.

It is essential to strike a balance between promoting native languages and protecting minority language rights through inclusive policies.

Language purification policies are crucial to language planning, impacting linguistic diversity, minority rights, and social cohesion.

Technology, including social media, can promote and monitor language purification policies.

The Russian government has implemented policies to protect the language, including requiring businesses to translate their names and officials to avoid using anglicisms.

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Content: In Russia, they are determined to protect the language from excessive saturation with borrowings
The Russian language is one of the most popular in Eurasia, and attempts to abolish our culture have failed.
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Store, Department, Home and other foreign words in the names of shops, cafes and restaurants in Krasnodar soon will not be.
The Cuban capital decided to abandon all foreign names.
The Cuban authorities obliged entrepreneurs to translate business into Russian.
“A sign in a foreign language or using transliteration or a sign in Russian has a big difference.
In part of the fact that 100% of our population can read, understand the sign in Russian.
And many, by ignorance and age, do not even understand what is written on these signs, ” said the chief architect of Krasnodar Artem Salamatin.
So far, the business has been given time until September 1.
But many entrepreneurs are ready to change now.
“Everything will be in Russian.
We will translate the site into Russian.
We'll change everything.
With pleasure, ” entrepreneur Hovhannes Hovhannisyan shared.
Words borrowed from foreign languages became an integral part of Russian many centuries ago.
Massive in our speech, they appeared in different iconic historical periods.
For example, the Mongol invasion.
And after the Patriotic War of 1812 - there were a lot of gallicisms, that is, French words.
Now in conversations predominate borrowing from English.
“We began to use foreign words very actively in areas where such activity had not been observed before.
First of all, it is the public sphere.
Social sphere.
Where actually came a lot of foreign words ”, – said the Chairman of the Association of teachers of literature and Russian language Lyudmila Dudova.
Russia is now determined to protect the language from excessive saturation with borrowings.
President Vladimir Putin recently signed a law “on mandatory observance of the norms of the modern Russian language when using it as a state language. ”
What specific rules are we talking about?
It's not clear yet.
They are compiled by a special government commission.
“The normative dictionary of the Russian language will be a single consistent comprehensive publication, which will be formed on the basis of dictionaries of the Russian language.
Interpretive, spelling, ” explained Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Tatiana Vasilyeva.
Thus, foreign words should disappear as much as possible from all official documents.
In addition, officials should not use anglicisms and other borrowings during public speeches and generally avoid them in their speech.
“There are so many wonderful and beautiful words in the Russian language.
But why then instead of the word mentor we say coach.
Well, it doesn't sound.
It seems to me that we need to get rid of such words that are imposed, ” said Lyudmila Skakovskaya, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture.
This law, according to officials, should protect the Russian language from attacks from abroad, where they have long been trying to abolish all Russian.
But now these sentiments have intensified even more.
The Kiev regime has long declared war on our culture and heritage.
Throughout the country, the monument to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is being demolished, because it is he who is considered the creator of the modern literary Russian language.
And it was the language issue that became one of the main reasons for the bloody confrontation in the East of Ukraine in 2014.
Residents of Donbass then did not agree with the nationalists, they did not refuse the Russian language.
“They use the term underdogs.
All these years, when the Maidan happened, they etched Russian in the Donbass, for them it is a symbol of communication.
The Russian world is hysterical.
What connects the Russian world?
The Russian language, ” said political scientist Yuri Svetov.
The fact that our language and culture need protection is also said by the leaders of other neighboring states.
During the autumn meeting of the heads of the CIS countries in Astana, the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on his colleagues to create an organization for the protection of the Russian language.
“Our idea is to create an international organization in the image and likeness of the UN.
Using the positive experience of Francophonie.
The headquarters of which is located in Paris, ” said President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Rossotrudnichestvo recently conducted its own study abroad, which showed that openly Russophobic sentiments are present only among politicians.
But ordinary people continue to willingly learn our language and culture.
According to the United Nations, Russian is spoken by 258 million people worldwide.
It is one of the most popular in Eurasia, and attempts to abolish our culture have failed.
Abroad, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and other Russian classics are also read.
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The law aims to reduce foreign words in official documents and public speeches by standardizing Russian language usage.

Countries like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Latvia have implemented language purification policies to promote their native languages.

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Content: A conflict of another kind.
Russian in Ukraine is the language of Tolstoy, Pushkin or Putin?
Restrictions on the use of Russian are focused on place names, shops, government transactions and others, which began after the events of the "Orange Revolution" in 2005, and strengthened after the so-called "Freedom and Dignity" revolution in 2014, to include the banning of Russian television channels and websites.
The use of the Russian language is one of the most controversial and hottest issues on the political level between Russia and Ukraine, as Kiev refuses to be an official language, and Moscow sees its prevention as "persecution of the rights of citizens and minorities."
On the pretexts of language prohibition, persecution of nationals, and so on, many of Russia ’ s controversial political decisions have been built, from the annexation of Crimea in 2014, to the recognition of the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk People ’ s Republics ” in 2022, to the launch of war on Ukraine.
How do ordinary Ukrainians view this?
Do politicians share this debate about “prevention and formality ”?
No restrictions on talking.
The traveler of eastern Ukraine to the west is well aware of the importance of this for the population, most of their conversation in Russian in the regions of the east, while the picture changes in the mixed areas of the center, such as the capital Kiev, and becomes completely different in the regions of the west.
The situation may be different in some villages and small towns, even in eastern regions where Ukrainian is more prominent than Russian, with a special dialect that almost combines the two languages together, as are villages in western Ukraine that have also been affected by Polish or the languages of neighboring countries.
But the point is that the debate in these parts is absent, there are no restrictions on talking.
Today, although some 7 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced from eastern regions to Ukrainian-speaking western regions, this is hardly controversial or sensitive.
In the city of Lviv, for example, Russian is heard everywhere today, hotels declare that their employees speak Ukrainian, Russian and English, and to further “resolve ” this, it seems, the mayor of Lviv, Andrey Sadovy, called on residents to respect and help“ Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens. ”
Where are the restrictions and controversies?
Restrictions on the use of Russian are focused on place names, shops, government transactions and others, and these restrictions emerged and began after the events of the "Orange Revolution" in 2005, and strengthened after the so-called "Freedom and Dignity" revolution in 2014, to include the banning of Russian TV channels and websites.
These “restrictions ” also include the inevitability that Ukrainian is the only language in all state institutions and transactions, and basic in state universities, schools and kindergartens.
What has the “state ” achieved?
This debate raises the question of why Ukraine is holding on to Ukrainian as a single official language despite its diverse population, banning Russian channels and websites, and what has this “Ukrainization ” achieved over the past few years?
In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, Professor of Languages at the Academy of Culture and Lifestyle in Lviv, Solomiya Bok, outlined the causes and consequences in several points: first, the fight against disinformation, where she sees language as a weapon of Russia to spread “lies and propaganda ” in the country.
Here, she cites the separatist movement witnessed in the eastern regions in 2014, and then the size of the popular rejection and resistance that Russia met in those areas during the 2022 war, although until today it is Russian-speaking.
“There is a huge difference between yesterday ’ s Russia and today ’ s Russia.
For many, it is no longer the language of history, common art and reformist writers who have called for peace, such as Tolstoy and Pushkin, but the language of disinformation and an aggressor occupier named Putin.
The second reason is "the revival of national identity and feelings", as Bok considers that the focus on Ukrainian pushed Ukrainians to adhere more to the specificity of their identity, culture and art, and revived their sense of patriotism and the will to defend the homeland.
In Ukraine there are so many nationalities and minorities, and so many schools and universities of their own, that since the time of the Soviet Union, there have been in every city regular specialized public schools, teaching languages and cultures more intensively, such as Russian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and others.
Therefore, I do not accept the idea that there is persecution targeting Russian speakers, the second most widely used language in the country. ”
How do Ukrainians view their languages?
In Lviv today, due to the large number of displaced people, you can get a lot of samples and opinions on this subject, given that it is a western city, and a large proportion of its residents are "eastern".
Lilia, a resident of Kharkiv in the east of the country, tells Al Jazeera Net (in Russian): “Like most of my generation, I studied in Russian, while my daughter studied in Ukrainian.
"I often feel that she is more Ukrainian than I am, more attached to the country, more reactive to its events."
"It looks very differently at its identity, its history, its future, and I think we were missing out on that fact because we were programmers and mentors, during the Soviet period and after."
In Lviv, driver Andrei wrote: "I do not speak Russian and do not support the enemy's language" and told Al Jazeera Net: "I respect those who speak to me in Russian, and they respect this position of me.
We understand each other, of course, but I think the policy of the state is correct, that we have to turn completely towards Ukrainian, officially and popularly, and that future generations will be. ”
Comprehensive Respect Initiative
Because language and the rights of citizens are among the most contentious issues between Russia and Ukraine, and one of the most prominent topics on the negotiating tables currently between the two sides in the midst of war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apparently launched an initiative a few days ago to sign an agreement that brings together all neighboring countries, entitled “Respect for Language and History. ”
According to observers, Zelensky ’ s initiative could ease the debate on the issue between Moscow and Kiev, as well as between the latter and Budapest, which occasionally raises the issue of the rights of its minorities in the southwestern region of Zakarpattia.
"Ukrainian will remain the only official language of the country," Foreign Minister Dmytro Koulipa said.
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For me personally, the language question in Kazakhstan rests on the following fundamental question: will universal Kazakhization at this historical stage help our society to make an economic breakthrough and provide all Kazakhstanis with jobs?
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Content: The process of expulsion of the Russian language from public schools of national minorities began in Latvia in 2004, continued in 2018 and is now coming to an end.
Teaching in Russian in state universities was banned even earlier, in the early 2000s.
Meanwhile, due to the multiplicity of the local Russian community, the service of higher education in the Russian language continued to be extremely popular.
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Since the 90s, a network of private universities has flourished in Latvia.
They gained popularity precisely because they gave Russian residents the opportunity to get higher education in their native language.
But in 2018, the ruling parties of Latvia “pushed ”, despite the protests of the Russian community, another“ reform ” of schools of national minorities.
Bad Latvian even among Latvians
In accordance with the provisions of this “reform ”, the language of the“ occupiers ” was expelled not only from public secondary schools, but also from private universities.
The then Latvian Minister of Education Kārlis Šadurskis directly told the Ukrainian publication Evropeiskaya Pravda that the purge of the Russian is being carried out in order for a new generation to grow up in Latvia, not receptive to “Kremlin propaganda ”.
Kārlis Šadurskis.
Latvian Minister of Education
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The ban on private universities to teach in Russian has caused indignation of opposition politicians and specialists in the field of education.
The fact is that in this way Latvia not only limited the opportunities for education of a significant part of its own population, but also lost a significant source of income.
After all, tens of thousands of young people from other post-Soviet countries were ready to enter private universities in Latvia and study in Russian in order to obtain a diploma of the European standard.
What is the most ridiculous, this industry in Latvia grew faster than other export sectors - plus 8% for 2017.
At one time, it was even considered as a priority both in the “Development Strategy of Latvia until 2030 ” approved by the government, and in the plans of the European Commission.
Representatives of private universities demanded that they retain the right to multilingualism.
Juris Kanels, Rector of the Riga Institute of Transport and Communications, said that the strengthening of the position of the Latvian language, enshrined in the law on higher education, has brought huge losses to the country, since many foreign students who are ready to pay for their studies, at once lost interest in Latvia.
Institute of Transport and Communications.
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But the main victims were not foreigners, but those young natives of Latvia itself, for whom Russian is their native language.
Now the only way for them to get higher education in their native language is to go to Russia.
And this case is very difficult at the present time, not everyone succeeds.
What it turns into in practice, representatives of universities told in April 2023 on the air of the state “Latvian Radio ”.
According to them, the level of knowledge of the state language among students is often insufficient for the development of curricula.
And what is interesting, even for some of those for whom he is native.
University teachers complain that according to the results of school examinations and entrance interviews, it is impossible to immediately reliably understand how well applicants speak Latvian.
Linguistic problems arise already in the process of studying.
For example, this year due to the lack of proficiency in Latvian from Riga Medical University. Paul Stradiņš (RSU) had to expel five students.
Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy RSU Professor Dace Bandere explained that formally foreign students are expelled for “failure ”.
But the failure of students arises precisely because they do not have a good command of Latvian.
"We come to the conclusion that the student does not understand the questions, cannot answer them...
All five expelled students are from minority schools.
They came to us with very good knowledge of the exact sciences, which are emphasized in teaching, ” explains Bandere.
The share of Russians among the total population in the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) according to the census of 2021
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“Devouring time ”
In other universities, similar problems are observed, and the situation only worsens over time.
Professor of the Faculty of Psychology and Art of the University of Latvia (LU) Anna Vulane said that she studied a certain number of students from minority schools.
For some, a lack of proficiency in the language slows down the implementation of various theoretical and practical works.
According to Vulane ’ s observations, the general level of Latvian knowledge among students is becoming lower.
According to the professor, this is an echo of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Then classes in schools had to be conducted online, and the level of control over the fact that the educational process in accordance with the law was carried out in Latvian was weakened.
That ’ s why students don ’ t know Latvian at an adequate level.
Vulane notes that when conducting introductory interviews with applicants it happens that they show good knowledge of Latvian.
But, since in universities the intensity and complexity of the educational process is higher than in school, it turns out that students from minority schools, who at first seemed “promising ”, are simply“ not taken out ”.
Marita Zitmane, an employee of the Faculty of Social Sciences of LU, adds: “Budget places are occupied by those who have good certificates.
But in practice, the knowledge of the Latvian language is limp for many, even for those for whom it is native.
The scale of language problems is revealed when it is time to write larger scientific papers. ”
Good knowledge of the Latvian language is shown only by those Russian children whose parents speak it at the highest level, are ready to study it with their offspring or can hire a tutor.
But even if a child knows Latvian well, it is very difficult for him to study in a non-native language.
A schoolboy who can study in depth and explain in detail the material in Russian will answer only as much in Latvian as he has been able to understand, and as detailed as the knowledge of a non-native language allows.
A Russian teacher teaching at a school of national minorities should not only have a good command of a foreign language, but also know every child perfectly.
In the case of a mediocre performance of a student, the teacher must understand: is it really lazy or the reason for the mediocre answer is that the Latvian language of this child, although good, but imperfect.
Parents of “non-titular ” children complain about the poor quality of textbooks in Latvian, especially those issued for former“ Russian ” schools.
Students are often given photocopies with the texts of tasks that need to be performed using the Internet, since the textbooks are “empty ”.
As a result, the educational process is as follows: a Russian teacher tries to give material to Russian children in Latvian at the lesson.
On the quality of the presentation, you can make an idea based on the fact that the textbooks are bad, and the knowledge of Latvian on both sides is imperfect.
When the child starts homework, he climbs with his parents on the Internet and finds there the necessary information on the topic.
In my native language, of course.
The parent helps the child to identify and outline the necessary material, then they translate it into Latvian.
According to the parents themselves, in total, the “torment ” with the translation and study of the Latvian version of the given material, as well as the performance of homework in the Latvian language itself, Russian schoolchildren spend about eighty percent of their time every day.
“Do you know what kind of education this is?
By the end of the third grade, we are lagging behind the Russians in basic subjects...
This lag is a direct consequence of the fact that the training is conducted in the Latvian language, which devours almost all the time, strength and nerves, ” notes Nadezhda, a mother of three children from Riga.
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What is the way out of this vicious circle?
According to reports, many Russian teachers in schools still quietly teach Russian children in their common mother tongue, although now this is fraught with fines and dismissal.
But this state of affairs does not seem to last long.
Recently, Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said that the school network needs another “streamlining ”.
According to the former activist of the Latvian Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools, Degi Karaev, the “ordering ” will take place at the expense of the expulsion of teachers who secretly teach in Russian:“ Guess which directors will be sacrificed?
That's right!
Directors of the so-called Russian schools.
What will happen to the teachers who have been covered up by loyal principals with truth and falsehood all these years?
How soon will the announcement happen?
I give a maximum of four years. ”
The main victims in this situation are Russian children.
The educational system built in Latvia is specially “sharpened ” to make Russians uncompetitive in the labor market.
“Semi-educated ”, somehow studied in the Latvian language at school and expelled for his lack of knowledge from the university, has a“ brilliant ” prospect to work all his life as a loader, seller or cleaner.
The future of children is now one of the main arguments for Russian families leaving Latvia in increasing numbers.
Some go to Russia, and some to Western Europe.
The argument of the westerners: if the child is destined to study in a non-native language, it is better to use English instead of uncompetitive Latvian, which is not needed anywhere outside of small Latvia.

These policies often restrict the use of foreign languages, especially English, in official contexts.

Ukraine has restricted Russian language use in government and public spaces, making Ukrainian the sole official language.

Kazakhstan is developing a language policy to modernize Kazakh and protect Russian.

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Content: What will be the language policy of Kazakhstan
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The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has developed a draft "Concepts for the development of language policy".
Current situation
The current language situation shows that the number of speakers of the Kazakh language is growing.
According to official data, among the Turkic-speaking peoples, 72% of Uzbeks, 71.7% of Uighurs, 58.5% of Kyrgyz speak Kazakh at the level of colloquial speech, and 12% speak Kazakh at a high level.
Among the Slavic diaspora, 25.1% of Russians, 23.7% of Ukrainians, 22.8% of Belarusians, 22.1% of Poles, as well as 25.2% of representatives of the German diaspora understand the spoken Kazakh language.
Among these diasporas, the share of reading and professionally writing in the Kazakh language is 2.9%.
These quantitative changes still require an improvement in the quality of the use of the state language.
According to the results of the National Census, the population aged 5 years and older (13,768,406 people (80%) speak the state language, of whom 8,472,661 (49.3%) speak daily life.
This indicator demonstrates that the majority of the population understands the oral Kazakh speech, reads and writes freely.
Problems in the implementation of language policy:
• in some areas of society, the state language is not fully used in accordance with its regulatory and legal status;
• in connection with the development of texts of laws in the original and other documents in the Russian language with subsequent translation, impede the functioning of the state language and the full disclosure of its potential;
• in the implementation of language policy, the opportunities of the state language to become the leading language in the field of public service, in the field of services and so on are not fully used;
• the language policy does not define mechanisms for increasing the need for the state language;
• language policy does not take into account demographic processes in the country, the characteristics of regions, the composition of nations;
• some non-governmental organizations do not have an option of official Internet resources in the state language;
• in all spheres of public relations, the request of consumers to request a document in the state language is not satisfied;
• The current legislation on the language requires amendments and additions to it, since the problem of the state language is not solved at the proper level.
Vision of language policy development
Modern language policy should be aimed at modernizing the Kazakh language on the basis of Latin graphics, further improving language culture, as well as developing the language capital of citizens, ensuring the full activity of the Kazakh language as the state language.
The development of language policy is based on the following strategic principles:
• a full-fledged activity is carried out to expand the use, improve the culture of the state language in all spheres of society;
• strengthening the normative base of the Kazakh language as the state language;
• strengthening the status of the Kazakh language as a language of interethnic communication;
• improving the use of the Kazakh language as a language of international communication;
• introduction of the practice of adopting the law in the Kazakh language;
• priority will be the further development of scientific and practical foundations of Kazakh terminology as the basis of the language of science and records management in the state language and implemented a set of measures;
• projects aimed at digitalization of Kazakh linguistics are being implemented;
• State support will be provided in the study of the state language and languages of ethnic groups and the organization of training courses;
• implementation of language reform on the basis of the new Latin alphabet;
• the level of proficiency in the Kazakh language in organizations of the state and non-state sector is monitored and improved;
• a requirement will be introduced requiring civil servants to speak the Kazakh language;
• a set of measures aimed at the development of the language capital of citizens is being implemented.
In this regard, the objectivity of the need to develop new conceptual solutions that meet the requirements of modernity is emphasized.
The main approaches to the implementation of language policy
1.
Language policy and demography
The share of the population using the Kazakh language in everyday life is different in the republic, which still requires systematic work in this direction.
To establish the language balance in the republic, for the purpose of competent writing of documents, proper management of office work, a schedule for the phased transfer of office work in state bodies into the state language in the context of regions is approved.
2.
Language and public service
The issue of including the criterion for the preparation of documents in the state language in the rating of calculating the effectiveness of civil servants will be considered.
During the reporting meeting, the heads of central state bodies, especially when visiting remote settlements, when delivering reports on dialogue platforms with the population in the state language, priority is given to the state language.
During the implementation of the Concept, requirements will be developed that oblige civil servants to speak the Kazakh language.
At the same time, the main working language of the public service will be the state language
3.
Non-governmental organizations
The question of the state language, which has become one of the most discussed, especially in places of service of the population (trade, food, maintenance, etc.), will be devoted to a new mechanism of solution.
The issues of launching the version of all electronic databases in the financial sector in the state language on 1C: Accounting will be worked out.
A hotline service will be created at local executive bodies to ensure public participation and take prompt measures to protect the purity of the language, prevent non-compliance with the norms of the literary language, violations of the lexical and grammatical rules of the Kazakh language in advertising, at public catering facilities.
An important issue is the development of a special law "On the State Language", which is a factor in strengthening the identity of Kazakh society, taking into account linguistic, ethno-demographic and political conditions.
This law provides ample opportunities for clearly establishing the status of the Kazakh language as the state language, determining the scope of its use, increasing the culture of use.
Work on the formation of prerequisites for the adoption of the law will be carried out in stages.
Improving the spelling rules of the Kazakh language
Work will be carried out to unify words with various variations, to unify the writing of complex words and complex names by making additions and changes to the current rules of spelling of the Kazakh language.
The electronic version of the current spelling and punctuation rules is provided for general availability.
It is envisaged that competence will be transferred to the authorized body in the field of language development for approval of the standard of the existing spelling rules by the regulatory legal act.
The main directions of transition to the Latin script
Language planning involves the adoption of a new Kazakh alphabet based on the Latin script and its spelling in accordance with the relevant regulatory documents.
When justifying the existing rules of spelling of the Kazakh language, additions and changes will be made to the new alphabet.
Scientific and methodological substantiation of spelling rules will be compiled.
In addition, a standard for setting the order of alphabetic characters on the keyboard will be approved.
Relevant versions of normative legal acts aimed at ensuring the availability of information in the Kazakh language, the Kazakh-language interface and Kazakh letters on products such as computers, keyboards, mobile phones and other technical means, on medical, production equipment, cash registers imported into the territory of Kazakhstan and manufactured in the country will be developed and adopted.
A step-by-step translation of the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script will be carried out.
Gradually, educational organizations will be transferred to the Latin script.
Development of orthological means of the Kazakh language based on the alphabet based on the Latin script
Guides will be developed for different groups of consumers (schoolchildren, editors, broadcasters, politicians, trade managers, copywriters and speechwriters, academics, the public, etc., depending on the level of demand).
For the examination, discussion, approval of the results of reforms relating to the Kazakh script, it is envisaged to create an interdepartmental expert body - a spelling commission.
Regulation of onomastic space based on the Latin alphabet
After the approval of the Kazakh alphabet based on the Latin script, on its basis, the issue of standardization of names of the corresponding onomastic spatial physical and geographical objects, administrative-territorial units and their component parts in connection with their uniform writing will be considered.
Measures will be implemented to popularize new names, bring international names and city codes in line with Latin names (in particular, in the field of air and rail communication), ensure the correct writing of toponymic names on maps in cross-border regions.
Updated onomastic names will be introduced into widely used maps (Google, Yandex, 2gis), as well as navigation tools.
At the initial stage of the translation of the Kazakh alphabet into the Latin script (at least 5 years), the Kazakh alphabet on the modern Cyrillic script will be conducted in parallel with the alphabet on the Latin script.
The modern alphabet will gradually be phased out in accordance with the roadmap for the phased transfer of the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script (action plan), the schedule for the phased transfer of educational organizations to the Latin script.
Improving the methodology of language teaching
It is important to improve the quality of language teaching using the capabilities of modern information technologies.
Measures to attract scientists in connection with improving the methodology, improving the methodological skills of teachers, exchanging experience, and stimulating will also be considered.
Of particular importance is the issue of improving the qualifications of methodologists and teachers of educational centers teaching the state language of citizens working in various spheres of society.
The developers of the project see the following ways to increase the effectiveness of the methodology of teaching the Kazakh language
1.
Formation of a special general base of systematization of scientific and educational-methodical works on the methodology of teaching the Kazakh language.
2.
Organization of mass open online courses "Kazakh tili".
3.
Organization of internships and courses that improve the qualifications of teachers and methodologists teaching the Kazakh language.
4.
Increasing the number and improving the quality of textbooks, teaching aids and other products for students of the Kazakh language.
The system of teaching the Kazakh language
A system of language teaching will be developed, starting with school-age children and ending with adults.
The system includes two directions.
First, a general state system of language teaching is being created.
Secondly, in accordance with this system, curricula and educational and methodological complexes of new content will be formed, as well as modern teaching technologies, and the scientific and methodological potential of teachers and teachers will be increased by improving the quality of language teaching from schoolchildren to adults.
The use of a voucher when teaching citizens the state language
According to the results of the study, 1,025,270 (8.1%) of adult respondents do not speak the state language (2.5% do not speak Kazakh at all, 5.6% understand some words).
For this category of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan through the project "Language Voucher" favorable conditions will be created for free study of the Kazakh language.
The voucher will be used as an effective means of education, professional development, retraining courses.
Improving the methods of teaching the language of citizens with special needs
A curriculum and programmes will be developed to improve language teaching methods for persons with special educational needs.
It provides for the training of trainers, the training of teachers with special qualifications, teaching citizens with hearing and speech impairments.
The issues of developing materials for the training of sign language interpreters in the Kazakh language, the release of teaching aids for citizens with special educational needs, created by a special tactile point relief font, large font and Braille, including taking into account recognized international practices, will be discussed.
It is planned to create a service for voicing printed texts in the Kazakh language.
Language Training Centers
For free education of the adult population, Kazakh, Russian and English language courses will continue to work in state language training centers.
In order to increase the status and wages of teachers of language training centers, amendments will be made to the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 31, 2015 No. 1193 "On the system of remuneration of civil servants, employees of organizations maintained at the expense of the state budget, employees of state-owned enterprises" (by increasing the level of the correction coefficient).
Expanding the scope of the state language
Work will continue on clarifying the requirements of the legislation on languages, providing methodological assistance to business entities in terms of placing requisites and visual information.
To expand the scope of application of the state language, to provide support to individuals and legal entities in conducting their activities (naming objects), it is planned to create a dictionary of names in the Kazakh language (the base "korneki.kz").
Enhancing the language culture of society
To comply with the language norm, it is necessary to unify language means, orthoepic, orthographic, lexico-phraseological, grammatical (morphological, syntactic, word-formation) norms.
The availability of language tools developed in this direction to the society will be considered.
Through social networks, published materials related to language in social networks will be monitored, work will be carried out to disseminate quotes from famous people, public figures, bloggers, people who actively use the social network, increase their recognition by the population, motivate them to work for the benefit of society, and provide support.
Work will be carried out on the publication of industry dictionaries, collections of sayings, proverbs, children's books, works of fiction, foreign prose in the Kazakh language.
Once every two years, a sociolinguistic study of topical problems of the Kazakh culture of speech will be conducted in the republic, concerning the observance of traditional norms of the national literary language, determining the main trends in its development, generalization and systematization of linguistic knowledge about the characteristics of new norms and communicative qualities of the word.
Activation of the use of the Kazakh language as a language of science
To increase the functionality of the language of science, work will be carried out to intensify the use of Kazakh terms, systematize borrowed terms when they are assimilated.
Specialists with the formed competence of the language of science will be trained, quantitative and qualitative indicators of scientific works in the state language will be increased, foreign scientific works in the Kazakh language will be available and terms will be unified.
Increasing the share of content in the Kazakh language
The development of high-quality products in the Kazakh language, able to meet the demand of children and adolescents of preschool and school age, where the level of digital literacy is growing every year, will allow in the future to solve the problem of lack of mastering the Kazakh language by young people.
Given that society needs separate group, situational games in the Kazakh language, focused on virtual-cognitive, intellectual, didactic, entertaining, the state should provide maximum support.
This will give a new impetus to the transition of the language of IT-technologies to the Kazakh language.
Group games in the Kazakh language will be developed based on popular game scenarios.
To ensure the availability of the interface of foreign games in the Kazakh language, communication with developers is established and experience is exchanged.
In order to fill the YouTube video hosting with high-quality Kazakh-language children ’ s content, cartoons and series will be selected and duplicated.
Key expected results by 2029:
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The share of the Kazakh-speaking population in the republic is 84%.
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The proportion of the population speaking three languages is 32 per cent.
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The proportion of the population enrolled in courses in the new alphabet and spelling rules is 15 per cent.
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The share of office work of central state and local executive bodies in the state language is 94%.
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The share of the terminological fund based on the rules of spelling of the Latin alphabet of the Kazakh language (with an increasing result) is 40%.
The project is posted on the Open NPA portal for public discussion until April 25, 2023.
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Kazakhstan aims for 84% of the population to speak Kazakh and 94% of office work to be in Kazakh by 2029.

Language purification policies can lead to discrimination and limit access to education and information, especially for minority groups.

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Content: Taiwan Normal University offers a “Local Language Teaching Award ” program. Starting in February,“ as long as the classroom is taught in Taiwanese, Hakka, indigenous languages, Matsu, Taiwanese Sign Language and other local languages ”, you can receive an additional 50% hourly fee. The new course can also receive a subsidy of 20,000 yuan. The next day, the university immediately follows up and proposes “National Language Teaching Points ”. It is possible to reduce the amount of money and incentives.
This is a very absurd decision, in the name of "native language" and "national language" teaching, with Hakka, indigenous languages, Matsu, and Taiwanese Sign Language as accompaniment, secretly smuggling the fact that only "Minnan" (Taiwanese) is being respected, and attempting to "de-neutralize" in a progressive way, with extremely evil intentions, completely ignoring the spirit of independence of the university, and even more devious. The "right to be educated" of students who speak Taiwanese.
If implemented hastily, the end result is to benefit some professors who have always manipulated language policy, and meet some ideological teachers and students.
As we all know, the purpose of university education is mainly to study professional knowledge in order to train future talents of the country. Although the courses offered may have to be mixed with relevant languages due to professional needs, it is always the main teaching principle that can successfully accept professional knowledge for most students. It can be used freely without having to choose a single language.
Otherwise, students from different language environments will inevitably lose the opportunity to learn due to language restrictions.
Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University are the leading academic circles. With the spirit of independence and autonomy of the university, it is reasonable to be free and open, allowing teachers and students to coordinate themselves. It is necessary to consider whether professional knowledge can be smoothly passed on or not. How many language teachers are there?
And how are these minority students likely to reach the low number of students?
In the end, all of these languages used as accompaniment and cover will inevitably be difficult to develop, and "Hokkien" will become a monopoly.
We do not deny the importance of native languages, and we are very sure that a good command of native languages will enhance our understanding of native cultures. But the study of native languages, from primary school to high school, is already in full swing, and after entering university, many professional terms, concepts and knowledge can be passed on only by means of floating native languages.
According to media reports, many of the students interviewed are inclined to affirm this policy on one side, and on closer inspection, almost all of the respondents are mainly students of the "Taiwanese Language Department", which shows that the intention of this policy is to cater to this group of people, and even the ideology of the ruling party.
National Taiwan University's "national language" subsidy is even more ridiculous. Is "Putonghua" (Mandarin) not a national legal language? You can make additional subsidies for "Hokkien" with scholarships and credits? This is obviously "language discrimination" and "ethnic discrimination".
On the premise that all students can pass on their professional knowledge, we will not oppose teachers, especially those who offer courses on local culture, to use the local language in their instruction, just as teachers who offer foreign language courses should strengthen their training in this area, but we will resolutely oppose the use of disguised salary increases for teachers of a particular language, and we will inevitably worry that such a policy will harm students. The right to education.
If we really want to promote the local language, we can start a new curriculum by teachers, and we must not use politics to override the profession. On the contrary, it will undermine the cultivation of talents and the dignity of the independence and autonomy of the university.
In the name of reward, it is an act of vassal, flattery and flattery, and it is a sad thing to fall down here!
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Content: “Latvijas avize ” writes that many companies, both public and private, have stopped using the Russian language in communicating with customers.
“The support of the company is huge, because it is supported not only by Latvians, but also by Russians, Ukrainians and representatives of other national minorities, ” writes Latvijas avize.
However, Briedis believes that derussification is the way to a dead end.
"Yes, yes... forward, we move on - to a dead end...
There are already twenty of us left, if the local Russian-speaking middle class pack their bags, then there will be even fewer of us, respectively, there will be no taxes, no market turnover... a slow suicide, "he writes.
And calls for the protection of the rights of Russian-speakers, so that in the future Russian-speakers will also stand up for the state.
“Latvian Russians are our part, you will not protect the rights of Russian speakers, tomorrow there will be no one to protect you, ” writes Briedis.
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Countries like Taiwan and Singapore have implemented bilingual or multilingual policies, promoting native languages and English.

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Content: Free Speech Award for Native Language Teaching to Create Education and Longshu Bonus
◎ Liu Chengxian
Many international linguistics studies have shown that the ability to use more than one language regularly and fluently in daily life can lead to faster and better development of conflict resolution and management skills in children, and can delay the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in old age by an average of 3.5 to 5 years.
Kaohsiung City will set up the first Taiwanese language experimental elementary school in Taiwan. (Photo)
In Taiwan's environment, apart from Chinese, the second language that can be used frequently and fluently by the vast majority of the population is definitely a local language that can be integrated into the community and family, rather than English.
The key to the inheritance of the local language lies in the “multi-use ”. The use of the local language in schools for teaching various subjects is an important way for children who spend most of their time in the school to acquire the local language.
At present, in addition to the Hakka Committee's continuous subsidy classes and schools to teach in the Hakka language as the medium of instruction, news reports have previously reported that Kaohsiung will also set up the first Taiwanese experimental primary school, but with the current policy, there is still a lot of room for advancement.
Actively invest several times the resources used to suppress native languages to achieve language transformation justice
After all, the Government has used huge administrative resources to suppress local languages, and in response to the revival of local languages, the Government should not just "be optimistic about their success", but should "actively invest several times the resources used to suppress local languages" in accordance with the National Language Development Law, in order to realize the right of language transformation, and grasp the education and long-term profit brought by local languages.
The government should not only allow classes and schools to be taught in the local language, but should actively give such classes or schools substantial grants, including free tuition and book fees, as well as grants and scholarships, and teachers should have additional language grants and additional incentives for performance. Only by attaching such a high degree of attention to the public and the teaching staff can the wishes of the general public and the education professionals be changed, and can the government demonstrate its determination to attach great importance to the revival of native languages.
In the current environment, it is impossible to have any children who are not fluent in Chinese, but children who do not have any native language are becoming normal.
Let children at least be fluent in any native language, this not only has a cultural meaning, but also a policy of benefiting the country and the people, the government should pay more attention to the lost sheep and make up for it, it is not too late.
(The author is an associate professor of the Department of Taiwanese Literature at Taiwan Normal University)
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As English becomes more powerful and native languages become weaker, Singaporeans will lose their multilingual advantage over time.
Author: Ng Chun-kang, former journalist and former member of Parliament of Singapore
We should ponder whether, in addition to the risk of losing our international advantage, if current trends continue or even accelerate, we are also at risk of losing many of the precious heritage, including culture, traditions and values that our mother tongue carries?
What impact will this have on our entire society and the mental outlook of the nation?
It is wise to strike a balance in time.
Recently, several old friends have been having a dinner and talking about the subject of Chinese, and one of them has told me something that happened to him, which is quite surprising.
One day, he teased his five-year-old granddaughter and told her to speak Mandarin when she was full of English. The child, who was still in kindergarten, said, "I am Singaporean, not Chinese. Why do I speak Mandarin?"
The author finds that there is a tendency among younger Singaporeans to stop speaking Mandarin. (Getty)
Everyone laughed naturally, but after laughing, they felt that it was not a taste.
I have no mother tongue in kindergarten, can I still go to primary school?
Why would a five-year-old say that to his grandfather?
It ’ s obviously a cognitive error.
Although she is a child, it is difficult to believe that it is her own knowledge.
My friend said he didn ’ t know why.
Others speculate that this is the result of a large environmental impact.
But for this child, the environment is probably a family and a kindergarten, and it is not likely to be “influenced ” by other people. It is also difficult to believe that a naive and romantic child has said such a“ no-bogeys ” statement, if it is completely without any direct or indirect “teaching ”.
In our understanding, Chinese should know their own mother tongue, according to the education policy, Chinese is the mother tongue.
But the reality is much more complicated.
In the past, Chinese people of different origins used dialects as family language, and children raised in such families were actually dialects, such as Hokkien, Chaozhou, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, and so on.
Those who enter Chinese schools later accept Chinese as their native language.
However, those who enter the English school can only use the dialect of their home as their mother tongue, and cannot identify with the Chinese language.
Major psychological and cognitive changes
It was only after 1979 that the status of Mandarin as a mother tongue of Chinese was established (at least in schools), but after decades of evolution, it seems that the problem has changed marvellously.
The most striking thing is that English has become the home language of almost all young families.
At least 70% of Chinese children ’ s household language is English.
For them, the family language is actually the mother tongue, because as soon as they are born, their parents speak English with them.
Over the years, the Chinese-speaking movement in Singapore has not taken root in most young Chinese families, but may have been marginalized. (Getty)
This development shows that the Chinese-speaking movement over the years has not taken root in most young Chinese families, but has been marginalized.
This is the biggest challenge facing bilingual education today.
Some people are also worried that we will eventually move towards a monolingual (English) society.
Such worries are not unwarranted.
Isn ’ t that a scary thing to say about that child?
The girl ’ s “logic ” now seems to be widespread in terms of her personal social life experience.
The simple logic is that Singaporeans should speak English, otherwise they cannot become Singaporeans.
But Singaporeans don ’ t have to understand “native language ” because Chinese is spoken by Chinese. The logic is simple, but the changes are huge, and it ’ s a very big psychological and cognitive shift.
I was ashamed of not knowing my mother tongue, but now I see it as a foreign language, and I ’ m ashamed of not knowing English.
From a historical point of view, this is a strange change.
Because in the colonial era, the Chinese desperately wanted to retain their mother tongue and culture, so they spent the most effort to run Chinese schools, and the British colonists were unable to Britishize the Chinese.
The same is true of the Malays and Indians, so in the past we had Malay and Tamil schools. Paradoxically, what the colonists could not do is now done by us.
Although the government requires students of all ethnic groups to learn “mother tongue ” (that is, Chinese, Malay and Tamil), and has been trying hard to persuade people to learn their mother tongue, it has faced pressure from many parents to lower the standard of their mother tongue, because their children have encountered difficulties in learning their mother tongue.
Today, most Singaporean students also speak English in Chinese families, leading to a rejection of their native language, as seen in Singapore ’ s Chinatown. (Getty)
Under the bilingual policy, English has become the language of instruction in schools, and the mother tongue is only a subject, known as the second language, and most students speak English at home. The rejection of the mother tongue is "natural".
People will be comfortable in the comfort zone of their own life, as to what the consequences will be, perhaps only a few scholars will think about it.
On October 31 last year, Dr. Chang Jia-chi, a research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, published an article in the Straits Times entitled “Becoming proficient in English has come at a cost for many Singaporeans. ”
She pointed out that mastering English makes us competitive in the world, but to be fair, we pay a price.
Chinese English is better, but gradually lose their grasp of the native language.
Therefore, it is important to take stock of what we are paying in time to see if we can find the right balance.
Identity dilution
Dr. Chang cited research conducted by the institute on race, religion and language in 2013 and 2018, respectively.
These two surveys show that Singaporeans ’ English proficiency has increased, but their native language proficiency has declined.
According to the 2018 survey, only 39% of Chinese respondents said they can speak Chinese well, compared to 66% of Malays and 45% of Indians.
This shows that the Chinese language is the most rapidly losing native language status.
What does this loss mean?
Dr. Chang believes that in today ’ s world, knowing and mastering multiple languages is a valuable skill.
We might add that this is in fact Singapore ’ s existing multilingual advantage.
Second, she said, the increasingly poor mother-tongue ability means that our identity is diluted, because language is the carrier of culture.
In the way we used to say it, we lose the roots of our culture.
In fact, we do not have a "Singapore culture" that can be said to be.
In my opinion, the advantage of multilingualism allows Singapore to play its role as a world hub and a meeting point for East and West cultures. (Getty)
However, for the average person, culture is a very abstract thing after all. Anyway, I am living comfortably now and do not feel that there is anything wrong.
Now we seem to be only focusing on the problems of Chinese teaching in schools, such as how to use technology to supplement teaching, how to make the text more lively, etc., but the key problem is that the mother tongue has lost its role in the family and society, and people are gradually accustomed to living in the comfort zone of English monolingual.
It is hard to imagine the fate of the “mother tongue ” when the post-war baby boomer generation of Chinese speakers and dialects disappeared and the English-speaking generation grew up.
Dr. Chang ’ s article seems to have caused little response in the English-speaking world, which may prove that the mother tongue has been marginalized, and the mentality of knowing English is more and more common.
There have been some ripples in the United Morning Post.
On November 7 last year, the "Exchange Station" published the reader Dai Wenxue's letter "About the cost of proficiency in English", and the "Speech" version of the 16th of this month published the article "Monolingual Society Lost Not Only Culture" by Huang Jiaqi, a student of the Chinese Department of the National University of Singapore.
Losing multilingualism In addition to losing international dominance, there is also the risk of losing many of the precious heritage that native languages carry, including culture, traditions and values. (Getty)
Losing the advantage of multilingualism
This is an important issue that will affect the future of the country.
As English becomes more and more powerful, the status and foundation of various native languages become weaker and weaker. In the long run, Singaporeans will lose their advantage in multilingualism.
In today ’ s world, this advantage allows us to play our role as the world ’ s hub and the meeting point of East and West cultures.
Abandoning this advantage is like destroying the Great Wall.
In the process of rapidly shifting to monolingual, many people in China have unknowingly committed a cognitive fallacy, thinking that as long as we know English, we can pass the world.
In fact, if we really become an English-speaking society, we are just a vassal of the English-speaking world.
As a multiracial society, we should create a multilingual nation and society.
We should ponder whether, in addition to the risk of losing our international advantage, if current trends continue or even accelerate, we are also at risk of losing many of the precious heritage, including culture, traditions and values that our mother tongue carries?
What impact will this have on our entire society and the mental outlook of the nation?
It is wise to strike a balance in time.
This article was reprinted by the permission of the United Morning Post, originally titled “What is Singaporean? ”

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The effectiveness of language purification policies is often measured by metrics like language use in schools and language proficiency rates.

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The authorities of the Russian Federation will determine the criteria for excessive use of foreign language
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Russia will establish criteria for the excessive use of foreign vocabulary, follows from the plan of measures approved by the government to strengthen traditional values.
The document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
This will be dealt with by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Culture.
The task must be completed in the first quarter of 2025.
The report will be received by the Cabinet.
It is indicated that such criteria will be determined within the framework of protection from external destructive information and psychological influence in order to suppress activities aimed at the destruction of traditional values of our country.
In addition, the Ministry of Digital Communications, the Ministry of Culture and the Federal Antimonopoly Service will be engaged in countering such excesses in outdoor advertising.
The results will be reported annually to the Government.
Earlier in the state Duma called for the introduction of standards for operations to increase female lips.
According to the deputy Vitaly Milonov, such procedures should be performed only by qualified doctors, and not "some shabolds with scalpels."
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Quebec is “going on the offensive” to protect and promote French, Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said Sunday as he presented a $603-million plan to counter what he described as the language’s decline.

Roberge, the Quebec cabinet minister responsible for the French language, said the government’s nine priorities include better monitoring of language trends, boosting the French cultural offering and improving students’ mastery of French.

Several of the measures are linked to immigration, including increasing the percentage of economic immigrants who speak French and speeding up permanent residency for international students who graduate from francophone programs.

“It’s important to mention that we are no longer defending the French language,” Roberge told a news conference in Montreal. “We’re going on the offensive, no, not against anyone, but to regain lost ground and reverse the decline of French.”

The strategy unveiled Sunday includes 21 measures, some of which are already in place or have already been announced.

Those include previously-announced commitments to raise tuition by 30 per cent for out-of-province Canadians and force universities to ensure most of those students are proficient in French when they graduate. The government has also said it will impose stronger French-language requirements for temporary workers and permanent immigrants from the economic stream.

Roberge said the vitality of French in Quebec is being challenged by a number of factors including the growing numbers of non-French-speaking immigrants, the domination of mainly-English digital platforms and the number of students attending English universities.

Roberge spoke at the news conference alongside the provincial ministers from the immigration, culture, education, higher education, and international relations departments. They, and others, are part of a working group focusing on the future of French in Quebec.

He said the $603-million, five-year plan, unveiled during a “difficult budgetary context,” shows the government’s commitment to the French language. The plan specified that the funding had already been provided for in the province’s financial framework.

Roberge cited data from the 2021 census that showed the percentage of Quebec residents who predominantly speak French at home declined slightly between 2016 and 2021. At the same time, the percentage of Quebec residents whose first official language was English rose to 13 per cent from 12 per cent in the same period, Statistics Canada found.

However, Quebec’s language watchdog published a study in April that found the use of French in public spaces, such as stores and restaurants, had remained stable since 2007.

Roberge said $18 million of the funding would be spent on a project with Quebec’s statistics agency to publish regular data on language indicators in the province.

More than half the funding – $320 million – will be spent on programs to ensure temporary international workers speak and learn French.

Another $64.9 million will be dedicated to improving students’ mastery of French through programs including those that promote reading, Education Minister Bernard Drainville said.

“We have to give our children a desire to speak French,” he said, adding that teachers and school staff have a responsibility to encourage students to speak French in the classes, hallways and during extracurricular activities.

An amount of $187.3 million will be dedicated to increasing the “Francophone cultural offering” and making it more accessible. That will include funding for Quebec cultural productions, said the province’s culture minister.

Mathieu Lacombe added he planned to table a bill that aims to “guarantee our fundamental rights to the access and discoverability of French-language cultural content in the digital environment.”

Finally, the government will spend $12.8 million to strengthen Quebeckers’ attachment to the French language through initiatives such as French-language scientific publications and communications campaigns.

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Research by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology shows that efforts are still needed to cultivate international talents.
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According to the survey, the proportion of students in the third year of junior high school who have reached the level 3 of the Japanese domestic English level test "English test" and the proportion of students who have reached the level 2 or above of the English level has failed to meet the 50% target set by the Japanese government.
It can be seen that cultivating international talents is not an easy task.
According to the "Survey on the Implementation of English Education" implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Japan, the proportion of students in the third year of junior high school who have reached the level A1 of the Common European Language Reference Standard "CEFR" (English exam level 3) or above is 46.1%, and the proportion of students in the third year who have reached the level A2 level or above (English exam level 2) is 46.1%.
Despite an increase of 3 percentage points and 2.5 percentage points, respectively, from the 2019 survey data, the Government ’ s target of 50% for developing international talent has not been met.
The survey was conducted on all third-grade students in public middle and high schools nationwide in December 2021. No survey was conducted in 2020 due to the impact of the epidemic.
In 10 prefectures and 10 prefectures, junior high school students reached the 50% target.
Among them, Saitama City and Fukui Prefecture are particularly prominent, accounting for more than 85%.
Saga Prefecture, which ranked at the bottom, was only 31.9%, a difference of 54.4 percentage points from Saitama City.
High 3 students are counted only in prefectures, and more than 50% are counted in 8 prefectures including Akita, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Toyama, Fukui, Shizuoka, Hyogo, and Nara.
The four prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima are just over 30%.
Top 5 municipalities with high English proficiency
Junior high school (prefectures and prefectures)
Saitama 86.3% Fukui Prefecture 59.6%
Fukui 85.8% Toyama 59.3%
Fukuoka 66.0% Shizuoka Prefecture 54.4%
Gunma 60.9% Akita 53.7%
Ishikawa 56.3% Hyogo 53.1%
Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology
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Azerbaijanis in Iran deprived of rights to speak their own language - The Geopolitics

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 22. The rights of Azerbaijanis in Iran to use their mother tongue are infringed by the Iranian authorities, limiting their cultural expression, the article in The Geopolitics magazine said, Trend reports.

According to the author, although South Azerbaijani activists and organizations have long advocated for the expansion of linguistic and cultural rights, the Iranian government has responded with further repression by cracking down on dissidents.

The Iranian Government has banned the use of the Azerbaijani language in the media, literature, and the arts, as well, which has resulted in a suppression of cultural identity and a lack of representation for South Azerbaijanis in Iranian society, the article said.

Moreover, as the author noted, this policy has resulted in a high rate of students dropping out of schools early in Iran’s marginalized non-Persian regions, due to the challenges of learning the Persian language.

As the author rightly pointed out, the efforts to promote and provide education in the Azerbaijani language can positively impact Azerbaijani students’ psychological well-being and academic achievement in Iran.

"Providing instruction in one’s mother tongue can help students feel a greater sense of belonging, cultural identity, and pride in their heritage. It can also help them better understand and engage with the material being taught, leading to improved academic achievement and a greater likelihood of completing their education," the article said.

"The Iranian regime refuses to give up its forcibly acquired acquisitions and will seek to preserve them by oppression and extremism. What no one in positions of power in Iran appears capable of understanding is that the Persian language will not actually be jeopardized if the non-Persian peoples gain the right to receive education in their own languages; indeed, people are less likely to resent it if they also have the chance of proper education in their mother tongue," the article concluded.

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Ordukhan Gahramanzade: France pursues a policy of linguistic discrimination against Corsica “France, openly supporting separatism in various regions of the world, not only does not allow its overseas territories to have independence and autonomy, but even violates the cultural rights of national minorities ”.
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March 15, 2023, 5: 35 p.m.
“France, which openly supports separatism in various regions of the world, not only does not allow its overseas territories to have independence and autonomy, but even violates the cultural rights of national minorities. ”
According to Report, Chairman of the Youth Organization of the Non-Aligned Movement Ordukhan Gahramanzade said this at a public discussion on the topic “The Corsican Question and the Violation of Fundamental Human Rights ”, initiated by the NGO in Baku.
The President of the organization stated that France had a policy of linguistic discrimination against Corsica:
Historically, France has forced Corsicans to speak French and banned the official use of their dialect.
By revoking the right to use the local language in Corsica, the French side violated the requirements of a number of international treaties and other documents under which it assumed obligations.
Among these documents is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the most important document of the French Revolution of 1789, which defines individual human rights.
The final decision of the Bastia court, as well as the discriminatory policy of France against the Corsicans, are above all a violation of Article 11 of the Declaration. ”
"Pressure, intimidation, economic mechanisms, violence, arrests and killings aimed at restricting and abolishing human rights in Corsica are contrary to a number of recognized international conventions, international customs and international human rights.
The violation of the rights and freedoms of minorities, as well as the policy of colonization and assimilation pursued by the French government, should be subjected to more severe and persistent condemnation by the international community, which respects international law, ” Gahramanzadeh said.
Version in Azerbaijani Sədr: “Franca Korsikaya qarşı linqvistik ayrı-seçkilik siyasəti tətbiq edir ”
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tsan tsan
Such a law is needed, but I doubt that the same Yampolskaya can offer anything worthwhile.
If she considers it possible to include the Cord in the public council of the Committee on Culture of the State Duma, then what can be expected from such a "cultural woman"
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officials as small children - well, nowhere without Putin
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Some of the teaching tools in the Student Learning Space (SLS) platform developed by the Ministry of Education for use in all local primary and secondary schools are integrated into the social media function.
In other words, many online tools can be “social media. ”
What new teaching opportunities can this "transformation" give?
At the 11th Mother Language Forum at the end of August, Education Minister Chen Chen-sheng encouraged educators and parents to make good use of resources such as social media and entertainment programs to tap into current trends to stimulate children ’ s interest in mother-tongue learning.
He cited a short video of TikTok, which challenged students to translate English words into Chinese, as an example, and thought that technology could make Chinese more vivid and lively.
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Content: The government spent 1.518 million to respond to the revision of the statutory fake news procurement big data analysis tools to monitor public opinion
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The government disclosed that during the anti-revision campaign, a total of 1.518 million yuan was spent to respond to "fake news" among the workshops, including 888,000 yuan for the production of promotional videos, 230,000 yuan for social media platforms, and about 400,000 yuan for external production companies.
The Department has been monitoring media reports and information on major social media platforms through its headquarters and its Information Officers stationed in various bureaux and departments. It has also procured social media sentiment analysis services using advanced tools such as big data analysis.
The Government spent a total of 1.518 million to respond to "fake news" during the "Anti-Amendment Campaign" storm. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
In 2019 / 20, the Information Services Department (ISD) spent $888,000 to produce a TV Announcement and an online Announcement of Public Interest (API), and another $230,000 to promote it on social media platforms. On social media platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, as well as on RTHK TV 32, the production cost of the external production company was about $400,000, or a total of $1.518 million.
The two videos in the "Treasure Hong Kong as a Home" series were viewed on the ISD's YouTube channel respectively by 134,000 and 696,000 as of last month. The number of views under the title "Read More" was 146,000.
In addition, the number of short films related to "violence" has reached more than 500,000.
The Government also pointed out that the Information Services Department has been monitoring media reports and information on major social media platforms through its headquarters and information officers stationed in various bureaux and departments, and has also procured social media sentiment analysis services using advanced tools such as big data analysis to keep abreast of online public opinion and opinions.
The Information Services Department (ISD) does not maintain statistics on monitoring and clarifying untrue information provided by individual bureaux and departments.
In addition, the Government mentioned in the written reply that RTHK, as a government department and public broadcaster, actively helps to strengthen the government's information dissemination work, including closely reporting on announcements made by government bureaux or departments or clarifying false information. Clarification of false information.
In the last financial year (2022 / 23), the Government invested a huge amount of money to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong ’ s reunification with the motherland. Among them, the production cost of the 60-second TV promotional film entitled “25 Years of Bringing Back Together for a New Journey ” reached 1.38 million, but the number of views of the film on the ISD ’ s Youtube channel was only 4,137 as of 6 March.
In addition, the short film promoting the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was viewed only 3,760 times at a cost of $495,000.
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Tamar Tai Facebook, the social media account that publishes official government information, had 51,000 followers as of last year, with an average growth rate of 22.1% over the past three years.
Launched in 2001, the Hong Kong Brand Promotion Programme promotes Hong Kong as Asia ’ s World City by opening accounts on eight platforms to promote Hong Kong ’ s image.
According to the Government ’ s written reply to Legislative Council Members ’ enquires on the Estimates of Expenditure, by the end of 2022, “Hong Kong Brand ” Facebook had 128,000 followers, with an average growth rate of 15% in the past three years, followed by WeChat, with more than 93,000 followers, with an average growth rate of 132% in the past three years.
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“Hong Kong Brand ” Weibo has more than 74,000 followers, with an average growth rate of 721% in the past three years. Linkedin and Instagram have more than 16,000 and 12,000 respectively, with the former growth rate of 127% and the latter growth rate of 23%. Twitter, Youku and Youku have less than 10,000 followers, of which Youku has only 518 followers.
In his latest Budget, the Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, announced a $20 million "Happy Hong Kong" campaign targeting the public, which will include elements such as food experiences, fun rides and creative arts.
The Government has not yet released the relevant details in response to Members' enquiries, saying that the “Happy Hong Kong ” campaign is in active preparation, and the details and implementation timetable will be announced later.