Levels of the language personality of the high school student and their inclusion in the success of its formation as a secondary language personality in the system of coordinates of intercultural communication

Nekrasova Olga Alekseevna, Mazirka Irina Olegovna

The authors of this study aim to use the descriptive method and, according to the theory of Y.N. Karaulov, to present the levels of linguistic personality (LP) involved in the characterization of high school students, as well as to outline the role of the system of these levels in determining the degree of formation of secondary linguistic personality (SLP) in high school students, while following the readiness of the latter to intercultural communication at leaving a Russian secondary school, by conducting a free association experiment. According to the results of the study, the authors conclude that the graduates of the Russian school are not prepared enough to form as SLP, and therefore demonstrate their incomplete readiness for intercultural communication.

Keywords:language personality, “secondary language personality”, intercultural communication, levels of the language personality, free association experiment.