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?ynyshtyk Nurdauletovna Yermekova; Didar Ryskulbek; Gaini Azimova; Bizhomart Kapalbek; Talant Mawkanuli – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
The article examines the current situation of language instruction in higher educational institutions in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Higher educational institutions play a crucial role in providing professional training in the country. The official language strategy focuses on developing the Kazakh language as the language of science. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Viberg, Olga; Grönlund, Åke – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
This study explores the design requirements for mobile applications for second language learning in online/distance higher education settings. We investigate how students use technology and how they perceive that these technologies-in-practice facilitate their language learning. Structuration Theory is used for the analysis. Results show that…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Khisamutdinov, A. A. – Russian Education & Society, 2016
In the first half of the twentieth century, Russian emigrants in China established a network of higher education institutions based on the prerevolutionary Russian educational system. By referring to memoirs and publications in the periodical press, the author traces the history of the most significant educational establishments: Harbin School of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Educational History
Nemtsova, Anna – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Georgia, along with a number of other former Soviet countries, is rapidly reforming its higher-education system. Russian is being replaced by English in classrooms and textbooks. Western-trained professors are flooding campuses with new methods of teaching and liberal-arts courses are replacing vocational training. This change is part of broader…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Textbooks, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Ingram, Frank, Comp.; Wilkinson, Della, Comp. – Russian Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Directories, Higher Education
Robin, Richard – 2000
This chapter examines the specific issues and problems of hiring part-time instructors for foreign language courses. Specifically, it discusses the part-time situation for teaching Russian in the Washington, DC area. It looks first at the major factors involved in hiring part-timers, particularly compared to graduate teaching assistants, commonly…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Departments, Higher Education
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Zajda, J. I. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1976
The development of Russian language study in Australia since 1946 is described. A chart shows composition of Russian departments in Australian universities. Suggestions for promotion of Russian study are made. (RM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Language Programs, Departments
Rifkin, Benjamin, Ed. – 2000
This book includes the following chapters: "Historical, Theoretical, and Pragmatic Perspectives on Mentoring" (H. Jay Siskin, with Jim Davis); "New Paradigms, Old Practices: Disciplinary Tensions in TA Training" (Elizabeth Guthrie); "The Professional Development of Highly Experienced and Less Experienced Teachers: Meeting Diverse Needs" (Elizabeth…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
Texas Univ., Austin. Dept. of Slavic Languages. – 1995
The National Endowment for the Humanities and University of Texas (NEH-UT) collaborative project was established to develop authentic and practical tests of spoken Russian for younger, beginning students of Russian, and to create a guide for their implementation into instruction. The development process involved teachers of Russian at the middle,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Bach, Theresa – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
In the press reports bearing upon conditions in Russia since the outbreak or the revolution in March, 1917, little mention has been made of the tremendous changes that have shaken the entire educational system in that country. One needs only read "Vyestnik Vremennavo Pravitelstva" ("Messenger of the Provisional Government"),…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Democracy
Lambert, Richard D. – 1990
The study of undergraduate language instruction is part of a larger national study of the current status of international studies activities in American colleges and universities. Data are drawn from several annual surveys, analysis of course offerings, a random sampling of transcripts, and general requests for information from college presidents.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Chinese, College Faculty, Curriculum Design