Foreign Languages in Russian Education and Science

Abstract

Sociolinguistic status of foreign languages in Russian education and science is analyzed herein; prerequisites for foreign languages learning in Russia are substantiated; the formula for determining the prestige of a certain language and qualification indicators of a language social vertical position are determined; trends of the English language usage as the second language and the only foreign language are pointed out; a discursive frame of the English language is expressed from the date of signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The English language functioning in the Russian education system as an implicatum is proved by the presence of a posteriori formations, that were unknown for, at least, in recurrent meanings or unpopular in the speech community.