Language beliefs, attitudes and practices in contemporary Kyrgyzstan with particular reference to English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4178839 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feruza Shermatova (I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University , Bishkek , Kyrgyz Republic), Maksat Totobayev (Osh State University , Osh , Kyrgyz Republic), Stephen A Bahry (0000-0003-3542-4156, 113749 OISE, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 2025 |
| Issue | 294 |
| Pages | 99-123 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2025-0019 |
| OpenAlex | W4411710533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 40 |
Kyrgyzstan's language ecology is shaped by its Turkic roots, with Kyrgyz as the state language and Uzbek as a key minority language. Russian, historically dominant, remains the most widespread foreign language and continues to play a central role in the country's linguistic hierarchy. Since independence in 1991, English is the most widely taught foreign language, often in English-medium instruction (EMI). Increasing English use reflects broader global trends linked to World Englishes and raises questions about evolving language ideologies in the region. This article traces the development of English in Kyrgyzstan, analyzing its position within a linguistically hybrid and hierarchical setting. It presents new research on university language majors, focusing on their language beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding English in relation to Kyrgyz and Russian. The study highlights emerging patterns of Kyrgyz-Russian-English trilingualism and explores how English functions - whether competitively, subtractively, or complementarily - within this multilingual environment, calling for further research and reflection on language and education policy
Linguistics · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Postcolonial English
The Place of World Englishes in Composition
Translanguaging, Bilingualism, and Bilingual Education
Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom
Language Learning Motivation within the Context of Globalisation
Plurilingualism and translanguaging
Language Ideology
Multilingualism in the Soviet Union
English language choices in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
English in higher education in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Multilingual language policies and the continua of biliteracy
The texture of tongues
English in a multilingual ecology
Estimating russification of ethnic identity among non-Russians in the USSR
Towards a Plurilingual Approach in English Language Teaching
Making the Shift From a Codeswitching to a Translanguaging Lens in English Language Teacher Education
Vanishing Voices
Multilingualism, Russian Language and Education in Kyrgyzstan
Towards Understanding Tajikistan’s Sociolinguistically Complex Language Ecology
From codeswitching via language mixing to fused lects
Bilingualism With and Without Diglossia; Diglossia With and Without Bilingualism
Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning
Negotiation of identities in multilingual contexts
Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Education
Diglossia
English as a lingua franca
World Englishes and applied linguistics
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |