LAUSR

English is a Lingua Franca in the many domains. Its spread is a factor and a result of the Expanding Globalization. The current conflict between Russia and the West initiates a number of increasing concerns towards the fate and the future of the Russian language. To be more exact, they are underdevelopment, pidginization and influx and spread of the English language uncontrolled. The research was carried out at Saint Petersburg University in the period of January 2016. CLIL and non-CLIL students from three Saint Petersburg universities were asked (N=301). The results of the investigations described 1 Saint Petersburg State University, 2 Smolny Street, St Petersburg, 191124, Russian Federation. E-mail: [email protected] 2 E-mail: [email protected] 3 E-mail: [email protected]