BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE CRIMEA AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstract

The work is dedicated to the acute problem of developing the bilingual education in such historically, politically, ethnically and geographically unique region of the Russian Federation as the Republic of Crimea in the framework of realizing the provided by law right of the citizens to receive education in their native language, as well as improving the quality of foreign language education in middle and high school from the point of view of the socio-cultural approach. General scientific methods of theoretical analysis, observation, generalization, and concretization have been used to analyze the scientific articles in periodicals, dissertations, didactic materials on teaching a foreign language in bilingual schools. The article highlights the issues of history, nature and the state of bilingual education in Crimea. The importance of bilingual education as an effective means of multicultural education of youth in conditions of integration of Russia into the world economic and educational environment, and globalization of modern society is emphasized. The performed study shows that alongside the growing popularity and importance, bilingual education in Crimean region obtains new challenges and difficulties, especially concerning professional training of language teachers and logistical support of bilingual education, which can be solved by means of organizing special courses, seminars, webinars, foreign internship both for practicing and future teachers, professional communities of teachers, and modernizing teaching facilities, materials, and aids.