The language situation in Lithuania

Hogan-Brun, GS; Ramonienė, Meilutė

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“…Furthermore, in all three linguistic groups the lowest percentage of parents with university education chooses Russian-medium school for their children. The noticed tendency supports Hogan-Brun and Ramonienė's (2005) claim that Russians are more tended "to see their children master the state language and attend mainstream education" than Poles and that "it is mainly the more educated strata of the minority population that favour Lithuanian-medium schools for their offsprings".…”

Section: The Second Step: Choosing the Language Of Schoolingsupporting

confidence: 53%

“…3.7% of the residents chose not to declare their nationality. As to the linguistic situation, however, it should also be mentioned, that one's native language does not directly correspond to official nationality (Hogan-Brun, Ramonienė 2005, Lichachiova 2009). As to the Poles, part of them "had converted to Russian in the past" (Zinkevicius 1993, as cited in Hogan-Brun, Ramonienė, 2005 while those "who live predominantly in the south-eastern regions are on the whole keen to protect their own identity" (Hogan-Brun, Ramonienė 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the consequences of such a trend are not fully known and have never been researched on a sufficiently large scale in Lithuania. This situation raises an edu-cational challenge for teachers and others involved, as "in south-eastern Lithuania there are now numerous schools where non-Lithuanian speakers (who are frequently monolingual before beginning their formal education) constitute as much as 60 to 70 percent of students in a class" (Hogan-Brun, Ramonienė, 2005). Zavjalova (2007) believes, that the present language situation is beneficial for forming coordinated or pure bilingualism, which is less frequently characterised with negative features usually attributed to non-monolingual individuals, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Bilingualism: Choices to be Made

Mažuolienė¹,

Jankūnienė²

2013

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The present research focuses on parents' decision to raise children with more than one language. Bilingualism in this article is considered to be not a result of environmental pressure or linguistic situation but the conscious choice made by the child's parents. The article concentrates on three main steps in planning the child's linguistic development: the choice of the language of pre-school (kindergarten) institution, the choice of the language of schooling, and parents' choice to include non-formal language learning activities into the child's daily routine. The research states that parents' attitude towards teaching their children a non-native language depends on the linguistic group they belong to and their educational background. The results of the research confirm that lack of methodological knowledge prevents parents from or limits their ability to teach the child. The survey also proves that children whose parents do teach them non-native languages are more motivated and more successful at school than their peers. Therefore, careful planning of the child's linguistic development is of primary importance and needs professional support from educational institutions.

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Section: The Second Step: Choosing the Language Of Schoolingsupporting

confidence: 53%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Bilingualism: Choices to be Made

Mažuolienė¹,

Jankūnienė²

2013

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“…Russian parents from the eastern and southeastern areas of Lithuania surveyed by Hogan-Brun and Ramonienė (2005) are inclined to display a more pragmatic approach, arguing in favor of 'a better choice of Lithuanianmedium universities'. This is because Russian school graduates predominantly attend Lithuanian higher education institutions that function in Lithuanian.…”

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Language and Education Orientations in Lithuania: A Cross-Baltic Perspective Post-EU Accession

Bulajeva

Hogan-Brun

2008

Int. Jnl of Bilingual Edu. & Bilingualism

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This paper presents an up-to-date overview of language policies and practices in Lithuania, paying particular attention to the latest developments that have taken place in national educational contexts. Against the background of recent sociodemographic changes in the three Baltic republics, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, it analyzes issues pertaining to educational measures chosen in support of both Lithuanian and other locally used languages. In tracing re-evolving individual multilingualisms amongst majority and minority populations around EU accession, it will be shown that these are symbolic of changing orientations, which are socially, politically and economically motivated.

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“…In the towns of Švenčionys and Švenčionėliai, the titular ethnic group dominates (Table 1). Because of the complicated historical-political and cultural processes which influence the inter-ethnic relations and competing collective memories of the different ethnic groups in the study area, this region attracts the attention of scientists from different research fields -history (e.g., Stravinskienė 2010Stravinskienė , 2012; Nikžentatitis 2011; Kamusella 2013; Sirutavičius 2013), linguistics (e.g., Zinkevičius 1993;Gaučas 2004;Hogan-Brun, Ramonienė & Grumadienė 2005;Hogan-Brun & Ramoninenė 2005), sociology (e.g., Merkys, Balčiūnas, Balžekienė, Lapienienė, Pauliukaitė & Telešienė 2006;Balžekienė, Lapienienė, Merkys & Telešienė 2008;Frėjutė-Rakauskienė & Šliavaitė 2012;Матулионис, Фреюте-Ракаускене & Шлявайте 2013;Korzeniewska 2013;Kazėnas, Jakubauskas, Gaižauskaitė, Kacevičius & Visockaitė 2014), politology (e.g., Krupavičius 1992Krupavičius , 2000, or related fields (e.g., Ubarevičienė, Burneika & van Ham 2015), ethnology (e.g., Kalnius 1998), anthropology (e.g., Daukšas 2008Daukšas , 2012Daukšas , 2014, etc. The most popular research topics centre around identity issues (borderland, ethnic, national, religious, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Constructing the Common Identity and Mobilising of Polish Community in Southeastern Lithuania

Frėjutė-Rakauskienė

2015

Polish Political Science Review

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This paper is based on a series of qualitative (semi-structured) interviews conducted by the author with representatives of Polish civic organisations in southeastern Lithuania (the towns of Eišiškės, Jašiūnai, Pabradė, Šalčininkai, Švenčionys, Švenčionėliai, and Turgeliai). Data was collected from January 2013 to June 2014 as part of a research project to investigate ethnic, civic, regional, and local identities of ethnic minorities in southeastern Lithuania. The project was carried out by the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Lithuanian Social Research Centre and was funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. The paper discusses the role of voluntary organisations operating in Southeastern Lithuania in mobilising the Polish community. The author investigates the activity of Polish organisations as they maintain and construct the identity (ethnic, civic, local and regional) of local community. Part of the research strategy is to recognise the content and means by which these organisations appeal to collective memory to create and affirm Polish identity. An analysis of interview data shows that the activities of organisations predominantly target the Polish community and their aims are to promote and foster Polish culture, language, and history. The Polish civic and political organisations and their leaders play active roles in identity building and mobilising the Polish Community in southeastern Lithuania. Referencing and recalling collective memories of the Polish ethnic group is an important tool for building a collective identity that lack local and regional dimensions.

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The language situation in Lithuania

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

Bilingualism: Choices to be Made

Bilingualism: Choices to be Made

Language and Education Orientations in Lithuania: A Cross-Baltic Perspective Post-EU Accession

The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Constructing the Common Identity and Mobilising of Polish Community in Southeastern Lithuania

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