The article is devoted to highlighting the main cognitivelinguistic aspects of assessing the mastery level of Ukrainian language by students (foreigners and our compatriots) considering to its compliance with requirements of national and international language standards in accordance with the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian language as state language" and recommendations provided by Council of Europe on language education. Prevailing law of Ukraine requires that persons who intend to acquire Ukrainian citizenship or enter the civil service must pass an appropriate exam for a certain level of proficiency in state language. Providing the educational services in study of Ukrainian language and/or preparation of applicants to take the language exam is carried out by state and private educational institutions, and exam is held at accredited examination sites, usually located on basis of higher education institutions or using other cultural infrastructure facilities that have required equipment

Multidimensional aggression of Russian Federation and attempts of occupying Ukrainian territories caused waves of mass migration of population from Eastern and Southern Ukraine to its Western regions or to European Union, where forced refugees have got temporary shelters and favorable conditions for accommodation, also psychological and medical assistance, employment proposals and possibility to continue education into primary, secondary, professional and higher education institutions. The vast majority of teachers and staff members of European educational institutions, where thousands of Ukrainians were sent to continue their studies, had to find solution for issue of finding such a format of work with new students that would simplify their integration into the new sociocultural environment or even facilitate for them more successful assimilation of new learning material.

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Current article continues discussion on key psychological, pedagogical and socio-historical factors of impact on competitive ability and export opportunities of