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Rozenvalde, Kerttu – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This paper investigates the positions of state policymakers in Latvia on Latvian, English, and Russian in higher education. By using argumentation analysis, the study explores policymakers' statements in two public debates: on the use of Russian as a medium of instruction (May 2018-June 2020) and on the use of English as a language of doctoral…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Language Planning, Language Usage
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Kozlova, Maria – History of Education, 2020
This paper examines the content of alphabet books published for Russian-speaking children in Latvia, Estonia and Poland in the 1920s and explains the nexus between socio-cultural context and representation of social environment and children's interactions to explore strategies of adaptation offered to children. The textbooks were quantified using…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Textbooks, Russian, Cultural Context
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Trofimovich, Pavel; Turuševa, Larisa – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This study explored the attitudes of ethnic Latvian listeners towards Latvian-Russian bilinguals. Fifty-seven ethnic Latvians completed an identity questionnaire to obtain estimates of their ethnic beliefs and rated the speech of eight Latvian-Russian bilinguals for personal traits, judged how well social and ethnic labels apply to bilinguals, and…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Self Concept, Indo European Languages, Russian
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Loizidou, Dora; Savlovska, Dina – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper examines a peer virtual exchange project between students at the University of Cyprus and the University of Latvia. The main purpose of this project is to develop intercultural awareness. Through telecollaborative tasks, students are asked to interact in a common discussion space around elements related to their cultural values. The aim…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Universities, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness
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Ilynska, Larisa; Smirnova, Tatjana; Platonova, Marina – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
The paper presents discussion of the results of extensive empirical research into efficient methods of educating and training translators of LSP (language for special purposes) texts. The methodology is based on using popular LSP texts in the respective fields as one of the main media for translator training. The aim of the paper is to investigate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Indo European Languages, Languages for Special Purposes
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Sundh, Stellan – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016
In order to reach far in the work for sustainable development, communication in foreign languages prior to strategic decisions is required from international partners. In this communication English has become the lingua franca. Even though the use of EFL (English as a foreign language) is widely spread, it is clear that in some geographical…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Sustainable Development
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Khavenson, Tatiana; Carnoy, Martin – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
In this paper, we try to unravel some of the unintended and intended academic effects associated with post-Soviet educational reforms by focusing on three cases: Estonia, Latvia and Russia. We have chosen this comparison because a unique "natural experiment" in the three countries allows us to compare the changing academic performance on…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Systems, Academic Achievement, Russian