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Language Education Policy in Uzbekistan
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Many countries have a language policy designed to favor or discourage the use of a particular language or set of languages. Language is one of the key components of national identity and a ‘tool and material for thinking, the main means of self-expression, identification and development of personality… the whole intellectual and spiritual arsenal of a man is formed, fastened and presented in native language”. Growing up in the framework of the socio-cultural environment with a specific language, the individual becomes the bearer of this language, and as a rule, builds his and their national identity on basis of language. It is important in the era of regionalization and globalization, which sets guidelines and bases for states to fit into modern global processes, to preserve traditional values, national and cultural identity, the totality of which is the driving force of human development.
Uzbekistan was very active in reforming its language policy and planning after 1991 starting with declaring Uzbek as the official language of the state and later switching the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin in 1995. According to the law “On the state language”, official language of the country is the Uzbek language. Uzbek spoken by 30 million people as a native language, is created a rich literature, reflected the historical experience of Uzbek people, also reaching the entire of Turkic world. The role of the Uzbek language in the development of the world civilization included repeatedly noted figures in the literature, art and culture of different countries and nationalities.
Giving the Uzbek language the state status does not infringe the constitutional rights of nations and nationalities living in the territory of the republic in the use of their native language. Citizens have the right to choose the language of international communication at their discretion.
Uzbekistan has a state language as well as many minority and foreign languages. However, the social functions of these different languages vary and they each have a different official status.
Thus Uzbek, the state language, is the language for all spheres of society. There are two approaches to determining the international or intra-national status of a language. One approach is sociolinguistic, the other is administrative-geographic. Russian is a compulsory subject on the official school curriculum and one of the languages of instruction in the higher education system. English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Swedish, Polish European languages and others are learned as foreign languages. Far East languages, such as Japanese, Korean and Chinese are also increasing in popularity among Uzbeks. In parts of the country, where there is a dense number of minority groups, such as Karakalpaks, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Turkmen, there are mixed-language schools, where students may choose whether to receive instruction in one of their ethnical languages or in Uzbek. The dominant language of instruction in schools is Uzbek (82.5% of general secondary schools), with other languages used as a medium of instruction being Russian (7.6%).Kazakh (3.5%), Karakalpak (3.3%), Tajik (2.2%), Kyrgyz (0.5%) and Turkmen (0.4%). The country's mass media is broadcast and published in several languages of nations and nationalities residing in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan respects the languages of all nations and nationalities living in the country and creates conditions for their development.