Self-concept of a bilingual personality: Metasystem approach

Background. Despite the significant number of works devoted to the study of self-concept and bilingualism, the study of the self-concept of a bilingual personality within the framework of the metasystem approach has not yet been carried out. The purposeof this study is to identify the differences in the content of the subsystem level of the self-concept of a bilingual personality with different levels of proficiency in the second language. Materials and methods. The sample included productive and receptive bilinguals studying in the universities of Irkutsk (N = 260). The study of the subsystem level of the self-concept of a bilingual personality was carried out with the help of factor analysis (principal components analysis using Varimaxrotation). Results. The subsystem level of the self-concept system of a productive bilingual personality is represented by the following subsystems: communicative self, empathic self, adaptive self, cooperative self, value self, successful self, regulatory self. The subsystem level of the self-concept system of receptive bilinguals is also represented by seven subsystems, two of which essentially coincide with subsystems of productive bilinguals (“communicative self” and “value self”), but differ in content: communicative self, social self, value self, competitive self, acceptance of self and others, goal-oriented self, emotional resilience.