The politics of language
The case of national examinations in English in Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21725675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nelli Piattoeva (0000-0003-0963-1901, Tampere University), Valeriia Smirnova (0000-0001-9965-6373, Tampere University), Íris Santos (0000-0002-0136-0863, Tampere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 666-682 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-9041 • E-ISSN: 2165-8714 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14749041231156039 |
| OpenAlex | W4323365693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article analyses discussions in the Russian media of the proposal to introduce the Unified State Exam (USE) in English as a mandatory test in the last year of (high) school education 2010s. The decision not to implement the mandatory USE in English was taken in August 2020. In the aftermath of the decision, we investigate the decade-long media debates. Building methodologically on frame analysis, we examine the frames used in the online media to present the pros and cons of English testing, and the qualitative modifications of these frames over time. We argue that media coverage of English as a compulsory test parallelled changes in the politics of nation-building and language policies. First it reflected the idea of Russia as a global economic actor, striving to reap the benefits of a global economy, and framed the acquisition of English as part of the global economic and political community. However, as the state’s prerogatives changed, English began to be discussed as a threat to national unity, national security and the mastery of Russian. Moreover, the ‘national’ became associated, with separation from the rest of the world and its perceived threat
National security · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Public Administration · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Citizenship, immigration laws, and language
Authoritarian Russia
Comparing national identity discourses in history, geography and civic education curricula
Nations and Nationalism
Banal Nationalism in the Internet Age
Grounds for Difference
Nationalism Reframed
Cross-Border Media and Nationalism
Russia re-envisions the world
Banal and everyday nationalisms in children’s mundane and institutional lives
Language planning and policies in Russia through a historical perspective
Historiography and National Identity among the Eastern Slavs
Between Regionalisation and Centralisation
Mass media and the information climate in Russia
Media/ting change
Elastic numbers
Counting and comparing school performance
The Applicability of Western Media Models on the Russian Media System
Grounded Nationalisms
The Handbook of Journalism Studies
World of media. Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies 2012
Framing, Agenda Setting, and Priming
Imagined communities
Higher Education, Language and New Nationalism in Finland
Media, Myth and Reality in Russia's State-Managed Democracy
Digital nationalism
Globalization or World society
Framing
State Space - Outlining a Field Theoretical Approach
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |