The wogs start at Calais: illusions of immigration

Student: Lebedev I.V.Lycee №10, Klin

Teacher: Voynova T.S.

2015

To leave or not to leave? That is the question

The purpose is the definition of motives of immigration of Russian people to Great Britain and mythologems about the "wonderful life abroad".

The tasks are:1. To reveal the difficulties of living in London;2. To conduct a survey about immigration;3. To determine the level of integration of two cultures;4. To consider processes of mutual influence of two languages and cultures.

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The data from the official sources of information was also studied.

The steady growth of the population exceeds many times vacant workplaces. Even the Britons have difficulties in finding job; will you be able to stand on your own feet quickly? It is a big doubt.

Respondents don't even suspect how cruel the reality actually is.

Typesof immigration

Dissonant Resonant

The second part of the project is devoted to the cultural and language integration of two countries regarding the process of immigration.

Russianisms Anglicisms

“samovar” «бестселлер»

“troika” «блог»

“kvass” «дайвинг»

“balalaika” «дилер»

“babushka” «имидж»

“Sputnik” «клик»

“Perestroika” «мейкап»

“telega” «миллениум»

“sterlet” «ралли»

You can see a small number of the Russianisms which lexically enriched English. Russian influence on English lexicon varies from 15 to 20 percent. The reverse type of integration characterizes influence of English on Russian, Anglicisms. Now we face impoverishment of Russian language.

Before leaving the homeland forever, and forgetting the native language, everyone has to think of his participation in the destiny of the great state where he was born; about the biggest country in the world, with its great history and a rich cultural heritage.

Thank you for attention!