The issues of language policy, which are the focus of attention of the authors of the article, invariably attract specialists in our country and abroad. In order to understand the role of language in the life of society, it is necessary to study this problem from different angles. The authors propose to look at the designated problem from the standpoint of discourse analysis, which allows us to get out of some methodological uncertainty, forming a more or less clear picture of possible linguistic problems in multi-ethnic regions. The models presented by the authors within the framework of the theory of discourse help to visualize various dimensions of topical issues of language policy.In this sense, this article is an attempt to conceptually answer a number of fundamental questions that inevitably arise in multilingual societies, and try to use the answers obtained to relieve the "linguistic tension" characteristic of these communities.

Keywords: discourse, discourse analysis, national identity, language policy, system analysis, semantic matrix, semantic nodes, discursive practices, group dynamics, logical-factual chain, discourse theory

The contemporary situation associated with the mass introduction of digital technologies into the educational process makes it necessary to rethink the traditional model of teaching of almost all disciplines of higher educational institutions, including foreign languages. This article describes a new educational environment , designed to improve the quality of teaching foreign languages in universities, as well as the development of the conceptual model of professional training of foreign language. The article presents the reasons for the relevance of this direction in higher education at the moment. The main contradictions faced by the modern educational system in the field of teaching foreign languages are also considered. The authors ' model of professional training is meant to overcome these contradictions to some extent by means of a foreign language, taking into consideration the case of Southern Federal University.

Keywords: professional education, system training, language competence, professional competence, digital technologies, smart education, area of responsibility, learning goal, means of forming relevant competencies, educational platform

This article attempts to present the author’s symbolic model of the language, with an emphasis on the practical value of the model for resolving language conflicts. A weighty justification is given for the possibility of a symbolic interpretation of practically any phenomena and objects of reality, which can serve as a methodological key to decoding a single sociocultural code. Such an approach may indicate the discovery of a new vector in understanding the nature of language conflicts. In the model below, you can see many ideas that can provide a rich methodological arsenal of great heuristic power in the field of resolving various kinds of language conflicts

Keywords: symbolic model of language, sociolect, sociocultural code, linguocultural community, language conflicts, language rights, multiculturalism, discrimination, language separatism, language policy

In the paper the authors attempt to present the author’s model of reproduction of social scenarios from the prism of the interaction of language with social culture, and also a weighty rationale for the practical value of this model is given, which can serve as a methodical key to decoding whole blocks of social space perception. Such an approach may indicate the discovery of new modes in understanding social reality. Although the interpretation of the facts of a language is characterized by methodological difficulties, such a vision can help identify, on an empirical level, changes in the sociocultural sphere, as well as trace the dynamics of social scenarios of perception of reality by different categories of the population

Keywords: social scenario, semantic reproduction, language, language situation, scenario installations, social culture, language modeling, social world, conventionality, language situation

This article reveals the scientific and theoretical approaches to the study of social issues in the language context. The authors attempt to present a two-dimensional model of giving the meaning to the modern verbal space. This model offers insights into the process of the formation of social scenarios that are fixed in the language space. In addition, the model developed by the authors provides a researcher with a complete picture of the dynamics of social processes in society, represented by addressing the phenomenon of language as a universal socio-cultural code

Keywords: semiotic model, verbal space, social scenario, discourse, language, social space, socio-cultural code, social phenomenon, sign system