ERIC Number: ED624579
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 76
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1570-1239
EISSN: N/A
Latgalian: The Latgalian Language in Education in Latvia, 2nd Edition. Regional Dossier Series
Martena, Sanita; Marten, Heiko F.; Šuplinska, Ilga
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Latgalian is a Baltic regional language originating in the region of Latgale (Latgalian: Latgola) in Eastern Latvia. It is mostly spoken in Latgale, but also in families and small communities of people from Latgale living in other parts of Latvia. Every Regional Dossier begins with an introduction about the region in question, followed by six chapters that each deal with a specific level of the education system (e.g. primary education). Chapters 8 and 9 cover the main lines of research into education of the minority language under discussion, and the prospects for the minority language in general and in education in particular, respectively. Chapter 10 provides a summary of statistics. Lists of (legal) references and useful addresses regarding the minority language are given at the end of the dossier. [This Regional Dossier was originally prepared by Heiko F. Marten, Ilga Šuplinska, and Sanita Lazdina. This second version covers academic data for the 2020-2021 school year.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Language Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education, Web Sites, Preschool Education, Native Language Instruction, Indo European Languages, Language Variation, Diachronic Linguistics, Geographic Regions, Multilingualism, Standards, Educational Administration, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. Fryske Akademy, P.O.Box 54, NL-8900 AB Ljouwert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-58-213-1414; Fax: +31-58-213-1409; e-mail: mercator@fryske-akademy.nl; Web site: http://www.mercator-research.eu
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Policymakers; Researchers; Teachers; Students
Language: English
Sponsor: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands); Province of Fryslan (Netherlands)
Authoring Institution: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands), Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
Identifiers - Location: Latvia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A