Biletska I. Multicultural bases of foreign language education in the general educational establishments of the USA

Theoretical general conclusions and new approach to the solving of an important and actual problem that means integral systemic grounding of the problem of foreign language learning theory and practice in the US secondary educational establishments on the multicultural basis have been given in the thesis: social and historical foundations and stages of American foreign language education development have been stated; the system of foreign language learning in the country in our times in the context of multiculturalism has been characterized; the peculiarities of foreign language education standardization on federal and regional levels have been studied; multicultural approach to foreign language teachers professional training in US higher educational establishments have been proved; multicultural tendencies of foreign language education development in Ukrainian secondary educational establishments and possibilities of adoption of positive American scientific and practical foreign language learning experience have been underlined. Scientific notions about essential characteristics of basic terms "multicultural education", "multilingualism", "bilingualism", "bilingual education" have been improved. The aim, theoretical approaches and multicultural education principles in the US schools have been developed. New documents dealing with foreign language education problem in US secondary educational establishments have been introduced in a wide scientific circulation.