Socio-Cultural Factors Contributing to the Formation of the Russian Technical University Students’ Bilingual Strategies
Socio-Cultural Factors Contributing to the Formation of the Russian Technical University Students’ Bilingual Strategies

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the socio-cultural factors that motivate stable bilingual strategies of technical university students, necessary for their future career and employment in the new economic and social conditions in Russia. Particular attention is paid to factors such as the intensification of the modern technical university’s international activities and the formation of a cultural capital. The students’ attitudes towards the priority selection of English language are reviewed, considering instrumental and universal interests. The cited data were obtained from the empirical research conducted among students of the 4 study courses at the Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI) during 2010-2013.

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