English, Russian and Russian English in Russia: CLIL and non-CLIL students’ opinion in St. Petersburg

English is a Lingua Franca in the many domains. Its’ spread is a factor and a result of the Expanding Globalization.  The current conflict between Russia and the West initiates a number of increasing concerns towards the fate and the future of the Russian language, to be more exact, they are unde...

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Main Author: Pavenkova, Maria (author)
Other Authors: Pavenkov, Oleg (author), Pavenkov, Vladimir (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21710/rch.v20i0.340
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:www.fipen.edu.br/hermes1:article/340
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Summary:English is a Lingua Franca in the many domains. Its’ spread is a factor and a result of the Expanding Globalization.  The current conflict between Russia and the West initiates a number of increasing concerns towards the fate and the future of the Russian language, to be more exact, they are under-development, pidginization and uncontrolled influx and spread of the English language. The research was carried out at St- Petersburg University in the period January 2016. CLIL and non-CLIL students from three St-Petersburg universities were asked (N=301).The results of the investigations described main concerns about the fate of Russian and the level of adoption of the Russian variety of English (Russian English).