Salenko, A.V., Glotova, Z.V. Legal regulation of the use of languages: the experience of the European Union

Abstract: The article presents analysis of the experience of the European Union regarding the legal regulation for the procedure for the use of official and working languages, as well as the linguistic (language) policy of the EU regarding all other languages, such as regional languages, minority languages, and the foreign languages of the migrants residing in the territory of the European Union. Based upon the study the authors draw conclusions and propositions on the improvement of the cooperation between Russia and the EU, specifically, within the frameworks of the projects for the cooperation of bordering regions in the Kaliningrad region. The author of the article offers to introduce the experience of the European Union on supporting the studies of foreign languages. Such a practice is possible in the provincial school education institutions of the Kaliningrad region, where within the experimental framework the Lithuanian and the Polish languages may be offered to the students. Knowledge of these languages shall be in demand, and it may be applied by the students and their teachers in their everyday life in the bordering territories of the Kaliningrad region.

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