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Daria Boltokova; Jessica Kantarovich; Lenore Grenoble; Maria Pupynina – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2022
This paper problematizes the assessment of speakers' proficiency in endangered language communities. We focus in particular on processes of lexical production and elicitation as proxies for full proficiency assessment. Among linguists, it is standard to assess a speaker's knowledge of specific lexical items in order to set a baseline for further…
Descriptors: Language Research, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
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Kozar, Olga – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
A recent development in English teaching in Russia is the emergence of private online language-tutoring schools, which offer one-on-one lessons by means of audio/videoconferencing. It remains unclear: (1) how these new providers of educational services are presenting themselves to the potential learners; (2) what ideology they tend to drawn on and…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Neoliberalism, Ideology, Foreign Countries