Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices (Dec 2020)

Considering the Impact of Changing Alphabet on Education

  • Ljudmila P. Dianova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22363/2618-897x-2020-17-3-404-414
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 404 – 414

Abstract

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The article is an experience of understanding the impact of changing alphabet on the educational process. Scientific interest in this issue is due, first of all, to long discussions about the transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan from Cyrillic to Latin script, which have been particularly relevant since 2015. The issues of changing the alphabet were the focus of both scientific study and discussion by various segments of society, both in the country and abroad. This year, 2020, has put on the agenda one of the main issues for the entire modern world - the fight against the global pandemic and pushed to the background the problem of switching to a new schedule. This allows us to confirm the opinion of some researchers about the change of script as a political project than another one. However, a number of issues are still being discussed. What will be the consequences of switching to an another script? Will the changing improve the countrys intellectual potential? Will it increase the countrys competitiveness? And this is only part of the question. There are no clear answers to the question about the impact of changing script on the educational process.

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