Classification of levels of functioning of native languages of small indigenous peoples in the educational environment

Unarova Vilena Yakovlevna

The author considers the creation of a developing speech environment in native languages as one of the ways to develop, support and preserve the native language and improve the status of the native (ethnic) language in schools. The article presents the results of research in the field of education of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation. The concept of "developing speech environment" is specified in the aspect of the research topic by studying and analyzing the literature on native languages of small indigenous peoples. The results of a remote survey of participants in educational relations (managers, teachers, parents) served as the basis for compiling a classification of the levels of functioning of native languages, consequently, the typology of schools by the level of functioning of their native language, and to design a model for creating a developing speech environment in native languages in schools located in places where indigenous peoples live. The results obtained can serve as a methodological basis for the development of a didactic system aimed at activating, stimulating and developing students ' motivation to master their native (ethnic) language, speech activity, and communication activities in conditions of limited functioning of the native language or the lack of a natural speech environment in school, family, or society.

Keywords:native (ethnic) language, indigenous small people, developing speech environment, classification, typology of schools, model of developing speech environment.