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Direct linkRozenvalde, 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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Download full textLoizidou, 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
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
Kaša, Rita; Mhamed, Ali Ait Si – European Education, 2013
In the framework of the internationalization and globalization of higher education and competition for international students, the paper examines how language policy in higher education shapes the provision of study programs in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It concludes that study programs in the Baltic states mostly follow the convention of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Planning, Educational Policy
Grasmane, Daina; Grasmane, Sanita – European Journal of Higher Education, 2011
To confront rising unemployment, skills of the labour force must be improved. With the aim to find out how foreign language skills impact employability, a study was carried out, in which 61 undergraduates, 33 master's students and 33 doctoral students from the Latvian University of Agriculture participated. The findings testify that 38% of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Employment Potential, Language Skills, Foreign Countries
Dilans, Gatis – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
What makes people, in shifting power positions of a post-independence period, plan on disusing an already known L2 or learn a new L2? What are the reasons for such shifts and what outcomes can, therefore, be predicted for the future of societal bilingualism surviving alongside ongoing efforts at monolingual unification in a newly independent…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Speech Communication, Bilingual Education, Monolingualism
