The Russian government has implemented laws to protect the Russian language from excessive foreign borrowings, especially from English.

A dictionary and legislative initiative aim to replace English words with Russian variants and cleanse the language of Western borrowings.

Russia has proposed a law to protect its language by prohibiting the use of foreign words without Russian equivalents.

The law regulates foreign and non-literary words in Russian, allowing exceptions for those without analogues.

Language purification policies, as seen in Taiwan, can lead to language inequality and loss, including the death of 10 indigenous languages.

In Iran, non-Persian-speaking children are forced to learn Persian in primary school, potentially delaying their language and personal development.

France discriminates against the Corsican language, forcing Corsicans to speak French and banning their local dialect.

Qatar has launched a campaign to support the Arabic language, threatened by globalization, and Qatar's law protects Arabic language use in government as part of cultural security.

Language policies impact linguistic diversity, national security, and cultural heritage, with over 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, and most at risk.

Russia has institutional infrastructure for language support, and its language policy is exemplary, according to UNESCO's language vitality tracking.

Countries balance national language protection with international needs through language education and promotion, as seen in Kazakhstan, which prioritizes national language proficiency.

China aims to master 20 key global languages and promotes Chinese as a global cultural product, while also protecting minority languages.

The UAE has launched a declaration to enhance the status of the Arabic language, intrinsic to Arab identity and heritage.

Kazakhstan aims for 84% of its population to speak Kazakh by 2029, highlighting the importance of language in national unity and identity.

The Russian government has implemented laws to protect the Russian language from excessive foreign borrowings, especially from English.

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The Crimean dictionary for the replacement of words borrowed from the English language, called “Speak in Russian ”, it included more than 100 Russian variants, told RIA Novosti the head of the Crimean Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov.
Earlier, he said that the republic has developed a dictionary to replace words borrowed from a foreign language.
In addition, Konstantinov stressed that he considers it inappropriate to study English in schools, in his opinion, more time should be given to the native language, and foreign to teach according to the need.
Konstantinov told how in the Crimea are struggling with the dominance of foreign words
In April, he said that the Crimean parliament had prepared a legislative initiative to cleanse the Russian language from Western borrowings, it is about changing a number of articles of the federal law “On advertising ”.
The brochure with the translation of the Anglicisms common today in colloquial speech into Russian is called “Speak Russian. ”
It presents more than 100 Russian variants, "Konstantinov said.
The dictionary is available to RIA Novosti.
At the beginning of the dictionary there is a satirical poem with a plentiful number of words borrowed from foreign languages.
It begins with the words: “We have a workshop today.
And you? "
In the dictionary, in particular, the following options for replacing words: upgrade - update, improvement; battle - competition, competition; blockbuster - a successful film, booking - booking; babysitter - nanny; wow - hurrah, ah, great, class; gadget - digital device; glamour - luxury, chic; Google - search for information on the Internet; deadline - short term; guru - mentor; camon - yes, okay; coffee break - short break; cash - cash; cleaning - cleaning; bow - image; loser - loser; nickname; know-how - production secret; sequel - continuation; selfie - photographing yourself; spoiler - disclosure of the plot turn, thrables - problems; hyip – hype, hype; user – user, weekend – weekend; flash mob – mass action and others.
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A dictionary and legislative initiative aim to replace English words with Russian variants and cleanse the language of Western borrowings.

Russia has proposed a law to protect its language by prohibiting the use of foreign words without Russian equivalents.

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Content: The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on the protection of the Russian language from foreign borrowings
The bill on the protection of the Russian language from foreign borrowings passed the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The document proposes to prohibit the use of foreign words except those that do not have common analogues in the state language.
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The law regulates foreign and non-literary words in Russian, allowing exceptions for those without analogues.

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The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings the law on the state language.
It regulates the use of foreign and non-literary words.
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According to the published document, the purpose of the bill is to increase the importance of the Russian language as the state language throughout the country.
In particular, to strengthen control over the observance of its norms by civil servants and citizens.
The law deals with education, state systems, registered media, advertising, and cinema.
First of all, the bill does not allow the use of non-literary words and expressions, including obscene language.
The exception is foreign words, which have no analogue in the Russian language.
In connection with the law, a mandatory linguistic examination of draft normative acts will be introduced to check their compliance with the norms and rules of the Russian language.
They will also make a list of dictionaries.
They will fix the norms of the modern Russian literary language.
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Language purification policies, as seen in Taiwan, can lead to language inequality and loss, including the death of 10 indigenous languages.

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Content: Chen Po-wei insisted on using the "mother tongue" in the Legislative Yuan to question Minister of Defense Qiu Kuo-cheng, who believed that language is a tool of communication, and that communication is more efficient if the Mandarin language is used during questioning.
Chen Po-wei countered with "Duck Ba".
On the whole, however, Chen ’ s performance seems to have hit the nail mark this time, partly because the issue he is asking is not related to the local language, but rather the issue of defense diplomacy, which is not easy to express in the mother tongue.
In addition, at a time when the removal of Q is boiling over, Chen Po-wei chose to make a big move to ask questions in Hokkien before he was removed, which inevitably makes people feel that he is holding up the basic routine by playing a calculated role in intensifying the antagonism between the linguistic groups.
Even though it has been nearly two weeks since the end of the incident, the discussion is mostly about the pros and cons of the pan-political saliva attack and defense, the issue of Taiwan's language ecology is rarely addressed.
There is a historical background to the sensitivity of language in Taiwan. In 1937, during the Japanese occupation period, Japan promoted the Imperial Nationalization Movement and implemented the "National Language Movement" (in this case, the national language refers to Japanese), which prohibited the use of Taiwanese mother tongue and Chinese.
In order to eliminate Japan's influence in Taiwan, the Nationalist government began to vigorously promote the "Mandarin Movement" (Peking dialect) around 1956, and it was not abolished until 1987 after the lifting of martial law.
More than 30 years of language policy, resulting in language inequality and language loss.
To date, at least 10 of the 26 indigenous languages have died and four are in danger. In addition, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) assessment, Taiwanese Hokkien is a “definitely endangered ” language, while Hakka has entered the stage of“ seriously endangered ”.
If Mandarin had not been established as an official language at that time, would Taiwan ’ s diverse dialects have developed in a balanced way?
The answer is “not necessarily. ”
Language is not only a tool of communication, it is also a carrier of culture, representing the culture, historical memory and ethnic identity of the people who use the language.
Therefore, even if there is no language policy involved, when two or more languages meet, it is inevitable that political power will be strong.
Power competition between ethnic groups grows, which in turn affects the language and natural ecology.
For example, the so-called national melting pot, respect for multicultural America, although there is no political force to set the official language, but as everyone knows, English is the high-level powerful language of the United States.
In fact, in the United States, the phenomenon of "double language" (Diglossia) is obvious, black English (AAVE), Hispanic English (Chicano English), etc., is generally regarded as a low-level language, representing low education, informal language, or low social class language.
According to various studies, in the United States, those who speak a recognized ethnic or regional dialect of English have lower wages and employment rates than those who speak mainstream English.
So, if you set multiple languages as official languages, can you solve the problem of double language inequality? The answer is still “not necessarily ”.
In order to escape the influence of Spanish colonization, the Bolivian Constitution stipulates that the languages of all ethnic groups are official languages, and a total of 36 official languages are recognized, making it the country with the largest number of official languages in the world.
Under the country ’ s 1994 education reform program, schools were required to teach these 36 official languages.
However, the reality is difficult to do, Spanish is still the most powerful language in Bolivia, and many ethnic groups are still regarded as poor, low education, and low social class identity.
Being able to speak high-level Spanish is a lifeline for the underprivileged, who often disguise their ethnic identity to work in cities, so that even though many ethnic groups have been promoted to official languages, the problem of extinction has not been improved.
If setting the official language and language bullying are not necessarily directly related, how can the phenomenon of high-level and low-level double language in Taiwan be improved? Some reflections are as follows:
1. Language policy must be multilingual.
Any language policy needs to learn from history through careful planning and matching of experts and scholars to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
Because resources and human learning power are limited, when one language is blessed, it means that other languages may be crowded out.
Although the government is actively promoting the bilingual policy by 2030, it is fully committed to promoting English. Although it is well-intentioned, many linguists have solemnly warned about the dangers of promoting English.
For example, Anne Pakir refers to English as the “killer language ”, while John M. Swales compares it to Tyrannosaurus because it is too powerful to destroy any weak language that coexists with it.
Once the government smashes into a large amount of resources, if there are no good supporting measures, I am afraid it will become the current disaster of Taiwan's language ecology.
2. Strengthen the "language attitude" cultivation.
At present, the government's bilingual policy is extremely narrow, and almost all of them are aimed at strengthening English skills and improving English proficiency.
Very little is known about the "language attitude".
However, the attitude of the language user determines the vitality of the language.
In Hebrew, for example, its revival illustrates the importance of language attitudes.
The revival of the Hebrew language in just 25 years, more than two thousand years after its death, created an unprecedented miracle in the history of the language ’ s revival, and this dramatic miracle was the result of the Jewish nation ’ s strong nation-building, which led to an attitude of allegiance and glory to the Hebrew language that succeeded in bringing it back to life.
In other words, the attitude of the language user is the key factor in determining the vitality of the language.
Taiwanese people generally have a foreign mentality, value English, ignore the mother tongue, such a sense of linguistic inferiority, it is easy to speed up the loss of minority mother tongue after the promotion of bilingual policy.
In addition, if the status of the local language between the declining attitude, with the political parties in turn to promote localization, the Fukien language has become a label of love for Taiwan, the sword of transformation and justice, and the soft spot of political enemies, the Fukien language has become a tool of political struggle.
Perhaps because of this, Chen Po-wei will choose to deliberately use the Minnan language to single out the foreign provincial defense minister before the removal case, and play this big show of love for his mother tongue and Taiwan.
The author believes that positive "language attitude" education, in addition to strengthening the ethnic group's sense of pride and centripetal force for their mother tongue, also includes the inclusiveness of other languages.
If we oppose the practice of the Chinese language to suppress the native language, then we should not now politically manipulate the native language and maliciously create language conflicts and ethnic conflicts.
The means of retribution for language hegemony will not only not promote ethnic integration, but will only deepen ethnic hatred and division.
If Taiwan wants to start from the wrong language policy of the past, it should understand the past language history, reflect on learning from history, and not blindly promote language policy, but also pay attention to the next generation of language attitude education, families and schools to help children understand the value of mother tongue, respect different mother tongue use groups, in order to really promote a pluralistic and multilingual society.
(The author is an associate professor of English at National Chengchi University)
※ The above statements do not represent the position of Wangzhong Media Group ※
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In Iran, non-Persian-speaking children are forced to learn Persian in primary school, potentially delaying their language and personal development.

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70 years of inequality with Persian speakers
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MOHSEN RANANI / Over the past 70 years, the children of nearly half of the country ’ s population (Iran), the country ’ s non-Persian-speaking ethnic groups, have been forced to learn Persian from the first year of primary school and study in Persian.
Zero stage of development is formed in any country during childhood, in primary school and preschool.
Everything we want for the future of our country must sow its seeds in these years.
By imposing Persian language instruction on children whose mother tongue is not Persian, we confront them with a pause for several years in the most sensitive years of their lives in the process of socialization.
The fact that 67% of primary school students who fail in grades 1 and 2 belong to the country ’ s nine bilingual governorates is a testament to this problem.
Non-Persian speaking Iranian children, when they finally come to terms with and learn Persian, have lost their childhood years.
It is the most crucial period for learning and practicing the characteristics that are needed later for an effective and continuous presence in the process of creation and development.
We have not noticed that the mother tongue is not only the language of speech, but also the language of emotion, the language of feelings, and the language of human life.
The mother tongue is the subjective or internal language of the human being and the thought process takes place first in the psychological language of each human being and then is translated into his spoken language.
Studies have shown that in bilingual demographic groups, if they learn their mother tongue well, their brains are better able to process emotional information and the domain of semantic cognition.
In fact, by not teaching the mother tongue and imposing the Persian language on children whose mother tongue is not Persian, we stop the development of their inner language and thinking language at the same childhood age, endure a lot of psychological and emotional stress and with a delay of several years, they can finally think and speak the new imposed language.
But what they lack in the meantime are opportunities to develop with their educational and existential dimensions that shape their communicative abilities and creative development.
The point is that language is a Catholic phenomenon or system.
That is, it is a phenomenon that has been created and developed naturally without conscious human intervention and has reached a subjective order.
In Catholic phenomena, we first learn to use and apply them, then analyze them and identify their components.
If language is a Catholic phenomenon, we must first use it and maximize the ability to use it, and then move on to learning and analyzing it.
When we take the child out of the native language environment and enter into the compulsory education of the Persian language, he has not yet reached the point of flourishing in the Catholic learning of the mother language, that is, the maximum point in the power of speech and perception, that is, the part of feelings and emotions that must be fully developed with the help of the mother tongue.
Hence, this oppressed child must first learn Persian and then strengthen his ability to think in Persian.
This is the same oppression we have been exerting on children of non-Persian speaking Iranian ethnic groups for 70 years, putting them at a disadvantage in competing for social and economic opportunities with Persian-speaking people.
In fact, by imposing the education of the Persian language, we slow down or stop the process of mental and personal development of almost half of our country ’ s population for a few years and destroy the opportunities available to them in favor of Persian-speaking children.
In this way, we reduce public opportunities to participate in the development process in provinces whose residents do not speak Persian.
Perhaps part of the development gap and imbalance that exists between the central provinces and the border provinces of the country is due to this issue.
That is, despite the allocation of appropriate budgets for the development of some disadvantaged provinces in the past, those provinces are still disadvantaged.
In fact, it is possible that by imposing the Persian language on the children of the bilingual provinces, we will create a gap for several years in the process of shaping the character and ability of the children of these regions, and this will be the beginning of the unequal distribution of opportunities between resources.
In addition to all other political, social and cultural injustices, this form of educational injustice is also a devastating injustice that we have silently imposed on non-Persian speaking Iranian peoples over the past 70 years.
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France discriminates against the Corsican language, forcing Corsicans to speak French and banning their local dialect.

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Content: Ordukhan Gahramanzade: France pursues a policy of linguistic discrimination against Corsica
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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“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.
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Qatar has launched a campaign to support the Arabic language, threatened by globalization, and Qatar's law protects Arabic language use in government as part of cultural security.

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"Together to Support the Arabic Language" Campaign in Qatar to Defend the Arabic Language
Qatari Minister of State Hamad Al-Kuwari stressed that "the protection of the Arabic language is a protection for the cultural security of society, and that cultural and national security is no less important than political and economic security."
DOHA – A campaign has been launched in Qatar to support the Dad language and empower it in society, emphasizing that any nation without its own language is a weak nation with no identity, easy to contain and control and cultural hegemony.
The campaign, led by Hamad Abdul Aziz Al-Kuwari, Minister of State of Qatar, Chairman of the Qatar National Library and former Minister of Culture, pointed out that in light of the era of globalization and technological expansion, the Arabic language is greatly threatened, stressing the need for educational institutions in the community and local centers concerned with this language to stop its deterioration.
Under the hashtag "Together to support the Arabic language", the campaign stressed the responsibility of everyone in society to learn and spread the Arabic language, starting from the family, through the school, the media and other state institutions.
Protection of cultural security
In conjunction with the massive campaign to support the Arabic language, the Shura Council referred the Law on the Protection of the Arabic Language to the Cultural Affairs and Media Committee to discuss the means of activating it, where a number of members called for the speedy activation of the law and the imposition of sanctions on violators to protect generations.
Qatar ’ s Minister of State Hamad al-Kuwari, who was hosted by the council, stressed that “the protection of the Arabic language is a protection for the cultural security of society, and that cultural and national security is no less important than political and economic security. ”
He pointed out that the process of renaissance and development experienced by the Gulf countries and the State of Qatar in particular necessitated the existence of many cultures and languages in society, and that this situation, although there are positive aspects to it, there are negative aspects that should not be overlooked related to our attitude towards these languages and cultures.
He stressed the importance of the role of the family and the mother in raising children and teaching them the Arabic language properly, and the importance of simplifying their education in accordance with modern methods that desire to learn the mother tongue.
Deep traces.
For his part, Abdul Aziz Al-Subaie, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Organization for the Protection of the Arabic Language, former Minister of Education, who was also hosted by the Council, called for the intervention of the competent authorities to modify the course of teaching the Arabic language through practical measures, stressing that governmental and non-governmental bodies are responsible for the implementation of the law.
Dr Imad Abdullatif, Professor of Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis at Qatar University, said: “Campaigns in support of the Arabic language are important at various levels in our Arab world, putting the challenges it faces at the heart of public debate and providing an opportunity to understand the major risks it faces in a world that is steadily moving towards a global dominance of the English language. ”
Abdullatif adds that these campaigns also gain importance from their role in clarifying the fact that the dangers faced by the Arabic language have profound implications for the future of Arabs, as the voluntary abandonment of the mother tongue and the adoption of English as a language of thought, communication and writing literally means a total break with the Arab identity with its values, ideals and heritage.
He explains that the child not only acquires English language skills, but subconsciously imbues with values, ethics and beliefs rooted within the language, adding: “Wherever we turn our faces we will find various traces of the conflict of identities with linguistic roots. ”
A remarkable paradox.
Professor of rhetoric and discourse analysis at Qatar University pointed out that the Arab Mashreq lived for a long time without radical problems in language politics compared to some countries of the Arab Maghreb, which suffered from the penetration of the language of the colonialist coercion and authoritarianism, as was the case in Algeria.
“But over the past two decades, a remarkable paradox has emerged that deserves widespread scholarly, societal and political attention: some Levantine countries have chosen to adopt the language of former colonialists voluntarily, because of the distorted claims of globalization and the dreams of mimicking the Western model of life. ”
Abdul Latif believes that Arab societies will suffer many crises due to the turbulence of language policies, the effects of which will not only be limited to the field of communication, but will extend to various aspects of society, some of which may have a radical impact on their future.
In conclusion, he expressed the hope that the campaigns calling for the support of the Arabic language will be an opportunity for quiet reflection and thorough research of local and regional language policies in the Arab world.
In January 2019, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, issued a law on the protection of the Arabic language, stipulating that all governmental and non-governmental bodies must protect and support this language in all activities and events, and use it in meetings and discussions and in visual, audio or readable advertisements.
Annually, the world celebrates World Arabic Language Day on 18 December, the anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly ’ s decision to adopt Arabic as one of the official languages of the world body.
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Language policies impact linguistic diversity, national security, and cultural heritage, with over 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, and most at risk.

Russia has institutional infrastructure for language support, and its language policy is exemplary, according to UNESCO's language vitality tracking.

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UNESCO said that Russia can offer the world leadership in the preservation of languages
In every bilingual and even multilingual region in Russia, an institutional infrastructure for language support has been created and is functioning, said Deputy Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO Information for All Programme Yevgeny Kuzmin.
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Russia needs to start studying the preservation of languages   of small peoples abroad, the Russian side can offer the world leadership in these issues.
This was stated on Thursday by Deputy Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO program “Information for all ” Eugene Kuzmin at the forum FADN“ Language policy in the Russian Federation ”.
“We can offer the world leadership in the preservation of languages.
Russia can teach people in other countries language policy and realistic methods of preserving the languages and cultures of indigenous peoples. <... > We need to start work on studying the preservation of languages of small peoples in foreign countries and in general in interesting places, "he said.
Kuzmin noted that in Russia, as well as in the world as a whole, languages are marginalized.
“This is a global civilizational process: minority peoples are assimilated, mixed marriages, the outflow of rural population to cities and other regions, urbanization, the desire of people to get a good higher education in capitals and abroad, ” he explained.
At the same time, in every bilingual and even multilingual region in Russia, an institutional infrastructure for language support has been created and is functioning.
According to him, all institutions work well and as can prevent the marginalization of languages, contributing to their preservation and even revitalization.
"In Russia, this is happening better than in many other, if not all, multilingual countries," he added. - Although international comparative studies have not been conducted here, it can be argued that Russian language policy is one of the best, if not exemplary.
Russia can offer the world to develop criteria, parameters of language policy, criteria for its evaluation in each direction, initiate and lead such studies in order to identify the best policies and practices.
We have every opportunity in this country. ”
Kuzmin also drew attention to the UNESCO Atlas of Languages.
“It is us, not the Anglo-Saxons, who should decide at what level of danger our languages are and understand what the vitality index is, and then, judging by the atlas, we have at the same level of vulnerability the Chuvash language in Russia with 1.5 million Chuvash and the language of the Indian tribe in the United States with a population of 250 people, ” he added.
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Some experts gathered at Tongji University recently to explore challenges confronting the shaping of a more effective Chinese narrative in the changing world.
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Experts gather at Tongji University to share their views on how to create a more effective Chinese narrative in the changing world. The forum coincides with the official launching of the National Language Promotion Base at the university. Wang Hui, an official from the Ministry of Education, expresses his hope that the base could develop smoothly and contribute solidly to the cause of promoting the Chinese language.

A number of experts were here to explore some of the challenges confronting the shaping of a more authentic and effective Chinese narrative in the changing world, with some envisioning new trends and opportunities looming in the post-pandemic era.

The experts shared their views at a recent forum held at the International School of Tongji University, which also coincided with the launching of a book series featuring the perception of China by international students at the university. The series include, notably, a book entitled "The China Stories Told by International Students."

In his keynote speech, Li Yuming, professor from Beijing Language and Culture University, set forth the economic attribute of language by suggesting a combination of language instruction with professional needs, citing language data as an essential factor of production in digital economy. As has been observed, digital economy has already emerged as a new economic form in addition to traditional agricultural economy and industrial economy.

Li stressed that this agreement about language data is an innovative attempt at grasping, theoretically, the essence of information society, against the backdrop of rapid development of digital economy, with considerable significance for the promotion of Chinese language teaching and learning overseas.

Economic development as a driver of learning a particular language has not been something new. For instance, it could be observed that the international propagation of the Chinese language has been inextricably linked up with the development of the Chinese economy. Similarly, when China's Taiwan region proceeds with its promotion of Chinese language learning among overseas Chinese, it is as a rule accompanied by the passing down of skills, in catering, motor repairs, and agricultural technology. Similarly, in Japan, language promotion has always been linked up with exports of its products.

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The forum also coincides with the launching of a book series published by Tongji University Press.

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All suggest the commodization of language dissemination as a trend, hinting at the new perception of language promotion as a measure to raise productivity level along with the introduction of relevant industries, with a view to fostering local economic development. Obvious this goes down particularly well with developing countries which stand to benefit.

In conclusion, Li believes that China is advantageously positioned in this aspect, given its over 3,000 colleges and universities and the many vocational senior high schools, and the host of Chinese enterprises active along the Belt and Road regions.

Chen Shenglai, a senior researcher from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, believes that post-pandemic era will afford good opportunities for the dissemination of the Chinese culture. "The onslaught of the pandemic, by plunging the world into the abyss of bewilderment and dismay, puts everyone on high alert when it comes to inter-personal contacts, naturally leading to suspension of all forms of cultural communication," Chen observed, adding that this pandemic had led to major changes in human society whether in systems, ethical considerations, ways of life, manners, or customs. All these constitute major challenges and crisis to previous international cultural communication based on globalization. With cloud computing-based cultural events leading the way in lifting the cultural barriers imposed by the pandemic prevention measures, and new media gaining growing acceptance, Chen predicted that post-pandemic communications will be more "soft," more individualized and more responsive to the needs of the consumers.

In the post-pandemic time, Chen predicted, some cultural communication modes that have proved effective during the pandemic would be here to stay, and China's cultural enterprises must adapt to the changing scenario, by exploiting the country's edge in cyber infrastructure.

Obviously, the book series featuring international students' narrative of their China experience is a case in point.

The book, an anthology of about 150 stories told by students from over 40 countries, is a collection of personal reports of their studies, life, and travels in China, free of embellishments, intimate, thus vivid and compelling.

For instance, a Japanese student gives her story of studying, finding a husband, getting married, and settling down in Shanghai. A German student tells of her affection for her ayi in Shanghai, who urged her to get married and have a child, so that the ayi could prove useful again, and why the student thinks differently.

If anything, many of these students have demonstrated their competence at telling a good story, in their own way.

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Since the establishment of the first leading group of scientific research planning of the State Language Commission in 2001, China 's language research has gradually built up a multi-perspective, large-scale, systematic and continuous observation, research and dissemination system and mechanism for the reform and development of the national language and writing industry. It attaches importance to vulnerable groups in society, embodies humanistic care, and provides convenience for people with audio-visual disabilities to participate fully in social life and share the fruits of social development on an equal footing; it is broad, it covers all aspects of social and public services, helps shape the image of cities and countries, and promotes the continuous improvement of the international level of all walks of life.
In the past 20 years, under the guidance of the "Five-Year" scientific research plan of the State Language Commission, Chinese scholars have opened many new academic fields around language life, put forward a series of new academic concepts such as "building harmonious language life" and "enhancing national language ability". "Language learning and use".
First, build a harmonious language life.
At the beginning of this century, the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Center was established to continuously monitor language living conditions with the concept and method of dynamic circulation corpus.
He continued to write the "Report on the Living Conditions of the Chinese Language" and other series of "books" in English, Korean, Japanese, Russian and other translations.
China is a multi-ethnic, multi-language, multi-dialect and multi-literate country, and language life is very complicated.
Second, improve language skills.
To improve personal language ability is to cultivate "multilingual" people.
While learning the common language and writing of the country and solidifying the consciousness of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to learn dialects and national languages, deepen cultural roots, and strive to master one or two foreign languages to contribute to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
National language ability is the language ability required by the country to handle domestic and foreign affairs.
China should have 20 / 200 language skills, that is, be able to master the world's most important 20 languages, acquire new human knowledge, and better participate in global governance; be able to master more than 200 languages in all regions of the world, that is, use the language of more than 4 million people, tell the world's story of China, pave the way for the "Belt and Road", and strengthen friendly exchanges with people around the world.
The national language ability is mainly manifested in the six fields of administration, foreign affairs, military security, public opinion, science and technology education, economy and trade.
At present, the language ability required in the fields of military security, economic and trade has long been extended to the weak areas and even the blank areas of foreign language education in China, and it is urgent to make up for it.
China's national language ability ranks second in the world, according to a recent report by the National Language Ability Development Research Center.
Third, the protection and development of language resources.
In the 1980s, China began to pay attention to the problem of language resources, demonstrating that language has the nature of resources, and exploring the connotation and extension of language resources. Now, it has begun to study language resources from a functional perspective, and evaluates the collection, collation, storage, protection and development of language resources. Protection of minority languages.
On this basis, in 2015, the largest Chinese language resource protection project in China and the world was launched. More than 1,700 Chinese dialect points, ethnic minority languages and linguistic and cultural points have been investigated. 20 volumes of Chinese Language and Culture Collection and 30 volumes of China Endangered Languages are published. For example, in 2019, the compilation project of the "World Language Journal" was launched, and the world language resource library was established with the concept and norms of Chinese language protection.
The language protection mentioned earlier is actually to protect the old world picture of human beings, and the language resources for language information technology, its function is to help computers to process information and acquire language intelligence, and to create a new world of human beings.
Language resources are also the foundation of language education, especially foreign language education, international Chinese education and online language education, and more need the support of language resources.
Language resources, like water resources, forest resources and tourism resources, are important resources of the country and need to be protected and developed.
Fourth, language services are provided.
At the 2005 "World Expo International Forum on Language Environment Construction", Chinese scholars put forward the concept of language service; after the "2010 China International Language Service Industry Conference and Large-scale International Event Language Service Seminar", the concept of language service was widely disseminated.
The broad language service is the use of language (including words), language knowledge, language skills, language art, language technology, language standards, language data, language products, etc., to meet the needs of language life.
Enhance the awareness of language services, improve language service capabilities, accurately understand the language needs of society, meet language needs in a timely manner, and guide the improvement of language needs, thereby enriching language life and promoting social progress.
Emergency language services are needed to respond to public emergencies.
At the time of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, Chinese linguists set up the "War Pandemic Language Service Group" to develop products such as "Fighting the epidemic in Hubei dialect" and provide think tank services to relevant parties to effectively support the national epidemic prevention and control.
It is necessary to solve the problem of emergency language services from the legal, institutional, institutional and academic aspects, carry out language emergency education and scientific research, and prepare for the establishment of a national language service corps, so as to "prepare for emergencies in peacetime and not in emergencies."
Fifth, explore the economic properties of language.
Linguistic economics is an emerging discipline, which mainly studies the economic attributes and economic functions of language.
Language is human capital, is an indispensable factor in all links of economic activities, language creates economic value of about 10% of the gross national product, language industry, language products, language technology is the backbone of language economy.
Today, with the rapid development of the service industry and the digital industry, the economic function of language is more prominent.
Language poverty alleviation is the social application of the law of language economics.
Through the study and practice of language poverty alleviation, the State Language Commission has improved the working ability of the poor people and their ability to obtain scientific and trade information, effectively cutting off the intergenerational transmission of poverty, and forming the characteristics and experience of Chinese language poverty alleviation.
In October 2019, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee included data in the production factors. 80% of data is language data. Therefore, we should pay attention to the development of language data industry, establish a language data market, and promote the standardization, purification, digitization and intelligence of language data.
Sixth, establish the concept of big Chinese language.
Overseas Chinese language inheritance is an important part of Chinese mother tongue inheritance.
In order to understand the situation of overseas Chinese and support the inheritance and application of the Chinese language, the academic community has built a "overseas Chinese resource bank", compiled a "global Chinese dictionary", and carried out a "global Chinese grammar study".
In these practical activities, the concept of "big Chinese" has gradually formed.
Great Chinese is the common language of the Chinese people all over the world, which has been gradually formed under the influence of Chinese education since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the national language movement and the recent decades of Putonghua.
At present, Chinese varieties around the world are in contact with each other, absorbing the language components, and gradually approaching under the influence of Putonghua.
From the perspective of global Chinese life, Greater Chinese promotes the development of the Chinese economic circle, supports international Chinese education and international Chinese life, and promotes Chinese as an important international public cultural product.
Seventh, the rational planning of language life at all levels.
There are four levels of language life: macroscopic, macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic.
The governance of international language life is to understand the language living conditions of the international community (including international organizations and countries in the world), maintain the concept of language equality, solve problems such as endangered languages and language conflicts, and establish an order and ethics of international language life.
The macro-language life belongs to the national level, and it should be managed through scientific national language planning, taking into account the functions of the national common language and other languages, the national conditions of the two languages in the mainland and the SAR, the overall situation of the two languages at home and abroad, and the language life in the two spaces of reality and the Internet.
Language life in the Middle East can be divided into areas and regions; field language planning needs the participation of various industry departments, and needs the support of field linguistics; regional language planning has counties and provinces, and special consideration should be given to free trade zones, free trade ports and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Guangdong, Hong Kong-Macao, Yangtze River Basin, and other new economic regions.
Micro is the language life at the end of society, such as families, schools, hospitals, enterprises, factories and mines, and units, which is directly related to people's livelihood and grassroots construction.
The four levels of language planning should be considered in an integrated manner, with "top-down" and "bottom-up" planning directions, forming a scientific language governance loop.
On October 13, 2020, the National Language Conference was held. On November 9, 2021, the 14th Five-Year Scientific Research Conference of the State Language Commission was held.
Standing in a new historical position, summing up the history of language life research, reviewing the 20 years of ups and downs, and seeking a new chapter for the cause of language and writing.
In the future, China's language life research should focus on the three themes of solidifying the sense of the Chinese nation community, building a community with a shared future for mankind and the digital era, and on the basis of the previous "tool function" language planning, develop the direction of "cultural function," "economic function," "" security function, "and" digital function, "to meet the language needs of all levels, and make linguistic contributions to China's development as a modern power.
(The author is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University)
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The UAE has launched a declaration to enhance the status of the Arabic language, intrinsic to Arab identity and heritage.

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Content: Mohammed Bin Rashid Launches UAE Declaration Of Arabic Language

DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 19th Dec, 2021) His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today launched the UAE Declaration of Arabic Language in the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The declaration was introduced in the presence of the Arab Ministers of Culture to mark the World Arabic Language Day, and in parallel with 22nd session of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Cultural Affairs in the Arab World.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed said, "Today, I attended the Arabic Language Summit, organised by the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth, at Expo 2020 Dubai, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the Arab League and Arab ministers of culture. The Arabic language is a language of beauty, culture, and civilisation and one summit is certainly not enough.

"We signed the UAE Declaration on the Arabic Language. It is our declaration to commit to working together to enhance the status of the language that represents our identity, culture, and science."

The declaration was launched in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai; and H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. The event was also attended by Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs; Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth and Chair of the 22nd session of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Cultural Affairs in the Arab World; and Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director-General of Expo 2020 Dubai.

The UAE Declaration of Arabic Language was signed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum along with Ahmed Abul Gheit, Secretary-General of the Arab League, Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO), and Noura Al Kaabi. The declaration aims to draw out a unified roadmap for various institutions in Arab countries.

Al Kaabi gave a presentation to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum about the UAE Arabic Language Declaration and the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and Youth to preserve Arabic and enhance its presence internationally.

Al Kaabi said, "The first edition of the report on the Status and Future of the Arabic Language revealed the need for greater cooperation and better coordination between Arab nations through proper language planning and joint Arab action. Today we are taking an important step in that direction to implement the recommendations of the report by launching the UAE Arabic Language Declaration, which represents a comprehensive roadmap covering all areas related to the Arabic language."

She added, "The UAE Arabic Language Declaration is a reference for officials in Arab countries to launch initiatives and projects that preserve the Arabic language, enhance its presence globally and encourage its use among future generations. It also promotes the use of Arabic in the digital space, and associated industries while encouraging the use of technology in education and the spread of the Arabic language."

Last year, the Ministry of Culture and Youth launched a study into the status and future of the Arabic language to compile a report with the participation of 15 media organisations, 10 language universities and 18 universities around the world; 65 educational institutions from around the world contributed to the report.

The UAE Arabic Declaration entails 10 principles: 1. The Arabic language is intrinsic to our Arab identity. It links us to our history and heritage and reflects the richness and diversity of our society. Standard Arabic and its dialects interact in a unique way, which is a highlight of our civilisation, culture, literature and arts. The language is a means of communication and understanding between our people, an expression of the aspirations and dreams of our youth, a voice of their feelings, and a pillar of prosperity of our society and our economy.

2. The second principle is about the teaching and learning of the Arabic language.

Develop new methodologies of teaching and learning the language in schools and treat it as a building block for our society and economy. Work with specialised research centres to introduce modern curricula based on international best practices. Develop programmes for Arabic language teachers to enhance their skills to teach the language in a scientific way that facilitates its learning and makes it relatable and relevant to new generations.

3. The third principle covers Arabic content. The Declaration emphasised the importance of improving the quality of Arabic content on the internet as it has huge impact on the development of society. Investing in digital publishing institutions, adopting sustainable and viable business models in collaboration with governments and knowledge institutions and providing Arab users with useful and reliable content that helps them in their lives and work.

4. The fourth principle is Arabic language technology. The future requires a digital infrastructure that incorporates the use of Arabic in technology application. This will be achieved by cooperation between research centres and companies and by investing in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning models and linguistic thesaurus to build a comprehensive linguistic system that covers all aspects of this diverse language.

5. The fifth principle is about the Industries related to the Arabic language. Education, media and publishing are key partners of policy makers and economists in promoting the use of the Arabic language. There is a need to introduce developmental grants and build a sophisticated investment framework where intellectual property rights are applied to counter piracy and encourage the role of private institutions in business development, distribution and marketing of these models.

6. The sixth principle deals with the translation services. Translation has a key role in the transfer, localisation and distribution of knowledge and intercultural communication. It enriches the Arabic language with new expressions, compositions and terms influencing society, economy, education and the media. The development and investment in translation services for Arabic are necessary to enhance its contribution to knowledge on a global level.

7. The seventh principle deals with Arabic and science. The language that was in the past an incubator for research and discovery in its societies, today needs to make modern knowledge available in Arabic in order to forge a bright future for the next generation. Invest in the translation of science and research papers to make them available for our researchers and scientists and translate their work in other languages for the scientific networks to access it in other languages.

8. The eighth principle is Arabic as a global language. Arabic is one of the most widely used languages in the world and a major language of communication and a pillar of our cultural identity. It should be reinforced as a vehicle for cultural exchange, thought and knowledge by building global partnerships with academic institutions and cultural centres and supporting their education efforts globally.

9. The ninth principle is national references and policies. Arab societies need sound linguistic planning, to be drawn by governments and community institutions, to be translated into linguistic policies in the fields of education, media, and public discourse as well as industries related to the Arabic language. Cooperation between research entities in various countries to gauge its progress as per their standards.

10. The tenth and final principle is devoted to the declaration on the future of the Arabic language because Arabic is a language of the grandparents and children, which is bound to develop and change like any other living language. It is the language of religion and heritage, just as it is the language used by millions as a means of communication, a language of economy, art and science. We build on its past as we shape its future with confidence and faith. The aim is to establish modern approaches to counter the challenges and seize the opportunities that the language faces today.

Kazakhstan aims for 84% of its population to speak Kazakh by 2029, highlighting the importance of language in national unity and identity.

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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:
1.
The share of the Kazakh-speaking population in the republic is 84%.
2.
The proportion of the population speaking three languages is 32 per cent.
3.
The proportion of the population enrolled in courses in the new alphabet and spelling rules is 15 per cent.
4.
The share of office work of central state and local executive bodies in the state language is 94%.
5.
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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