TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE IN BILINGUALS’ CULTURE OF SPEECH IN RUSSIAN HIGH SCHOOLS

The article tackles the question of the relation between first and second language of a bilingual person. Based on the works of Russian and foreign linguists, as well as her own research, the author believes that in the process of learning a second (foreign) language, the term “first” in some cases, should be understood that language which used by a bilingual person in the communicative space of a particular society. “First” language is that which he/ she uses to implement the required needs of his / her own existence in accordance with the linguistic, cognitive, pragmatic rules adopted in this society

bilingual, first language, second language, identity assimilation of first and second languages