An Investigation Into Career Development Contexts of University Russian Language Teachers in China(1949-2019)From the Perspective of Ecological Theory

Although much research has been conducted on the interactions between the career development of foreign language teachers and their contexts around the world,a literature review reveals that there exists scanty research on the relationship between university Russian language teachers’career development and their contexts in China since 1949.Based on relevant studies on the career development of foreign language teachers and the ecological theory,this paper involves research on the impact that different ecological systems(micro-,meso-,macro-and exo-ones)have played in the career development of Russian language teachers in China.Participants are 10 Chinese Russian teachers of different ages from different universities in different parts of China.Via literature review,narration methods and semi-structured(in-depth)interviews with the help of NVivo,this research finds that Russian language teachers’career development results from multi-faceted interactions of the following contexts:ideology,Russian language educational policies and personal factors as well as college contexts.This paper concludes with some suggestions for improving Russian language teachers’career development in China.

The Importance of High-Quality Russian Language Services

"High-level opening up"and"high-quality development"are important development goals and directions of China during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.Heilongjiang,as the largest and oldest province open to Russia,has a long history of communication and plays a vanguard role.However,the province's geographical advantages are weakening under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid development of the internet industry.Facing the new era,maintaining and enhancing the regional advantages of the province has become an urgent issue that requires attention.This study takes the Russian language service in Heilongjiang Province as the subject,combines theory with practice through theoretical elaboration and historical analysis,as well as tries to provide reference for improving the language service system in Heilongjiang Province and enhancing its regional advantages.This study believes that a high-quality language service plays an important role in solving the issue.It is necessary to fully understand and apply the essential power of language,be more aware of the importance of Russian language services,build a sound ecosystem of language services,give full play to the traditional advantages of the"Russian"in this province,and finally assume "Russian language services"as the"golden banner"for the development of language services,economy,and culture in the province.

The Effect of Globalization on the Language Policy in a Multi-Cultural Kazakhstan

This paper focuses on the language policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is intended to invite the readers for the broadening of the debate on the issues raised. The 20th century, for Kazakhs, became a century of tragic events which transformed them into the minority on their own native land. In spite of many collisions in history Kazakhs have not lost their language, the main wealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, Kazakhstan has tackled a lot of problems, connected with national and ethnic issues, social structure, and foreign and home policy. The influence of globalization is felt in every sphere of life in Kazakhstan. Serious ethno-demographic changes have occurred after gaining independence. Kazakhstan from the state with two dominating Kazakh and Russian diasporas has turned to the state with dominating one, the Kazakh ethnos. State language of the Republic of Kazakhstan now is Kazakh due to implementation of language policy