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Weber, Tobias – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This article investigates the different types of language classes for Uralic languages in higher education contexts to derive principles in course planning for minority language teaching. As a micro-level example, a foreign language class for South Estonian, aimed at a general audience at LMU Munich, is analysed and informs the discussion of…
Descriptors: Uncommonly Taught Languages, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Finno Ugric Languages
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Kiilo, Tatjana; Kutsar, Dagmar – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
After the re-establishment of independent Estonian statehood in 1991, Russian lost its privileges as the dominant and official language in Estonia, and Estonian continued as the only official language. This paper attempts to map the position of a Russian-speaking teacher within the sociological categories of power and language, based on the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Speech Communication, Self Efficacy, Official Languages