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Pavlenko, Aneta – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to examine how Russian became a commodity in the global service industry in the decade between 2004 and 2014 and, in some places, much earlier. I will begin with a discussion of sociolinguistic theory of "commodification of language", focusing on aspects critical for this case study. Then, I will trace the…
Descriptors: Language Role, Russian, Commercialization, Case Studies
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Bulajeva, Tatjana; Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle – Comparative Education, 2010
This paper explores changing language education policies and implementation processes in Central/Eastern Europe. There are conflicting language policy orientations that govern the scene, resulting from post-independence attempts on the one hand to strengthen the position of the national (state) language, and on the other to function as EU member…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Multilingualism