NATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY AND THE PROBLEMS Of MOTHER-TONGUE EDUCATION IN INDEPENDENT UZBEKISTAN
Abstract
This article analyzes the main directions of the national language policy implemented in the Republic of Uzbekistan during the years of independence, the reforms aimed at strengthening the status of the state language in social life, and the current challenges of mother-tongue education. In particular, it highlights issues related to enhancing the prestige of the Uzbek language as the state language and improving the quality and effectiveness of mother-tongue instruction within the education system. The article also puts forward recommendations and proposals for further improving national language policy and increasing the effectiveness of mother-tongue education.
Keywords
language policy, national language policy, state language, Uzbek language education, mother-tongue education, language and society, educational reforms, development of the state language.
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