THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTIC THINKING OF A RUSSIAN BILINGUAL AS A RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TEACHER-TO-BE IN PROFESSIONALIZING DISCOURSE
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10.18522/1995-0640-2026-2-204-216
The article examines the problem of developing linguistic thinking of a future Russian language teacher who is a Russian bilingual, within the framework of university professional training. The relevance of the study stems from increased social demand for bilingual Russian language teachers with ethnoculturally determined linguistic consciousness; the need to update linguistic and methodological training for teaching in monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual educational environments; the necessity of mastering Russian across all functional spheres; and the insufficient elaboration of professional training approaches for bilingual teachers. The research objectives include analyzing psycholinguistic, linguistic, cognitive, and methodological works on Russian bilingualism and bilingual education, as well as clarifying the terminological apparatus in line with bilingual linguometrics. Theoretical analysis has revealed that the potential for developing a bilingual teacher's linguistic thinking is based on the ethnocultural and professional determinacy of linguistic consciousness. The study of bilingual linguistic consciousness has enabled the selection of appropriate linguistic and methodological tools for teaching schoolchildren in diverse educational settings. The theoretical significance lies in examining linguistic thinking development through its reflective, evaluative, orienting-selective, interpretive, and regulatory-governing functions. The practical significance consists in justifying the optimal set of linguistic-methodological tools for developing the bilingual teacher's linguistic thinking. The authors conclude that the development of linguistic thinking in a bilingual Russian teacher is shaped by the dominants of ethnocultural consciousness and professional education, which together serve as a prerequisite for selecting professional training tools.
Key words: bilingualism, bilingual teacher, Russian language, ethnocultural consciousness, linguistic thinking, professionalizing discourse
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