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Kudriavtseva, Natalia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
In this study on language ideologies and multilingualism in Ukraine, I start from Geeraerts approach, which identifies two cultural models of linguistic standardisation: rationalist and romantic. Drawing on this typology, I show that the present-day ideology is a largely distorted version of the romantic model that transforms into linguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Russian, Language of Instruction
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Goodman, Bridget A. – International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2014
English as a medium of instruction (EMI) programs are an increasing phenomenon in European universities. This paper takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the impact of EMI on pedagogy in a private university in eastern Ukraine. Fieldwork was conducted over the 2010-2011 academic year in nine English-medium and three Russian-medium…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Classroom Communication
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Polese, Abel – Comparative Education, 2010
The collapse of the Communist bloc in 1989 and then of the Soviet Union in 1991 has presented unique challenges to the educational systems in place during socialist times, and the ensuing transition in Ukraine is no exception. The introduction of Ukrainian as the sole state language when a high number of citizens still prefer to use Russian has…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Ukrainian
Goodman, Bridget Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In Ukraine, the Russian and Ukrainian languages have historically alternated in policy and practice in their official status and social prestige. As in many areas of the world, English is emerging in Ukraine as a language of economic value, social prestige, and education though it is not a language of wider communication. The goal of the research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ukrainian, Russian, Multilingualism