Peculiarities of foreign language studying by bilinguals

Abstract

The article reveals the need for in-depth integrative understanding the phenomenon of bilingualism in the modern world. Making sense of it should rely on the latest researches in linguistics in connection with related sciences - sociology, pragmatics, psychology, theory of artistic text, history of communication. In the article we try to discover the term “bilingualism”, peculiarities of brain work of bilinguals and their foreign language studying. Moreover, we study the need to form bilingualism in primary school children and subsequent study second language in primary school. The urgency of the problem is grounded on the formation of bilingualism, as well as the relevance of children motivation to activities for the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities regarding learning a foreign language. Second part of article is dedicated to the essence of the concept of bilingualism, its manifestation in practice, what are the advantages in mental abilities, in mental development, in the proficiency of speech in children with bilingualism before monolinguals, the influence of this phenomenon on the work of the brain is characterized. We try to analyze the influence of modern world globalization and its influence on the role of foreign language learning for people around the world. We compare the monolingual and multilingual students and their comprehensive abilities in terms of second or third language learning. The article also notes new communication trends in modern (linguistic) culture and it is shown that learning English as a foreign language now means not so much learning the language of its speakers, but how much is the language of intercultural communication that allows speakers of different languages and cultures understand each other. Due to the cardinal changes, in a number of reasons, the status of the English language in the world and its globalization arises new problems in its teaching, such as its “internationality," pluralism", "adaptability", etc. From this follows a number of methodological implications regarding the priorities and strategies as well as the features of their technological implementation in line with the new directions. In the final part of the article, we explore an innovative approach to teaching a foreign language (English) and try to determine the best method in education for the development of bilingualism or multilingualism.