The Phenomenon of Multilingual Pedagogy in Education

The purpose of this article is to introduce the ideas of multilingualism. The objectives of the study are a theoretical analysis of the concepts of "multilingualism" and their practical application in education. The authors have examined the long-term experience of teaching with a multilingual textbook which is featured by materials about the culture of the Russian North. The work, contributed by a great international team of authors and translators, contains didactic materials that dynamically form the language competence of students. It was published three times within 15 years and has received international recognition. Russian and foreign colleagues from European, American and Asian countries worked together on the publication. Extensive approbation of the book in education made it possible to supplement content of the work with a large group of authors and translators, as well as improving didactic support for the materials. The article summaries the prospects of multilingual pedagogy development, its significant role in the preservation of languages and cultures in the international educational context. Keywords-pedagogy of multilingualism, concept of the textbook, language education