Abstract
This article discusses the current problems of linguistic development of the individual in the system of multilingual education in the context of the modern socio-cultural situation; describes the problems and promising ways to solve them. An attempt is made to prove that when studying each of the subsequent foreign languages, a new autonomous functional system is formed in the language consciousness of students, which «contains» lexical units and grammatical rules of this language. At the same time, the general fund of conceptual ideas is developed and enriched. The goal of teaching foreign languages is the formation of a multicultural multilingual personality with informational, communicative and intellectual needs, abilities and competencies that will allow her to act in conditions of intercultural communication. It was concluded that if properly organized, bilingual education programs are more effective than non-bilingual programs. The information obtained as a result of the collection on the state of psychological readiness of students, interest in the subject and improving the level of language proficiency made it possible to assess the possibilities and resources for achieving qualitative indicators on the subject being studied and the development of language skills, to provide for the manifestation of difficulties.