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Juanda; Azis; Mantasiah R.; Yunis Effendri; Asisda Wahyu Asri Putradi; Baharuddin Purba; Iswan Afandi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Balancing teaching national, regional, and foreign languages presents a challenge for higher education, illustrated by the use of hypertext for multilingual communication. This study investigates the correlation between proficiency in multilingualism and cultural awareness among higher education students. Embedded mixed methods design explores the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
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Trofimovich, Pavel; Turuševa, Larisa – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This study explored the attitudes of ethnic Latvian listeners towards Latvian-Russian bilinguals. Fifty-seven ethnic Latvians completed an identity questionnaire to obtain estimates of their ethnic beliefs and rated the speech of eight Latvian-Russian bilinguals for personal traits, judged how well social and ethnic labels apply to bilinguals, and…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Self Concept, Indo European Languages, Russian
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Gilmetdinova, Alsu – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
The purpose of the paper is to shed light on potential driving forces that guide principals' decisions on how to implement language policies in their schools in Kazan, Russia. Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan and home for the second biggest ethnic group in Russia, called Tatars, whose native language proficiency is gradually declining. After…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Literacy, Second Language Learning
Laptander, Roza Ivanovna, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2016
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Educational Policy, Language Minorities, Language of Instruction
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Shamshur, Oleg V. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the interactions between different ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union and the factors that may affect their migration decisions. The reluctance of Russian speakers to learn the languages of the peoples amongst whom they have lived has left them vulnerable in nation states where knowledge of the national language is required. (VWL)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
Taylor, Eric H.; Barton, Lisa S. – 1994
The Texas Refugee Study was initiated to collect valid and reliable information to better direct refugee policy, improve services to refugees, give service providers information to help them become more competitive in seeking federal and private dollars, and help refugees better understand their own communities. The targeted groups, Vietnamese,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Demography, Employment Patterns, English
Aldridge, Fiona – 2001
A representative sample of 4,000 adults aged 16 and over in all three nations of Great Britain were surveyed regarding the languages they currently speak, their current participation in language learning, and their future language-learning intentions. The following were among the key findings: (1) 29% of adults can speak one foreign language, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Blacks, Communicative Competence (Languages)