Descriptor
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Estonia | 2 |
| Armenia | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Georgia Republic | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Dalrymple, Prudence W. – American Libraries, 1997
Discussion of the current state of library education focuses on accredited master's programs in LIS (library and information science) in the United States and Canada. Highlights include school closings; numbers of students; numbers of faculty; changes in the student body; campus trends; and geographical distribution of LIS programs and distance…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Distance Education, Educational Trends, Enrollment
Peer reviewedKachru, Braj B. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
A review of literature since 1990 on world English focuses on theoretical, conceptual, descriptive, ideological, and power-related issues, including: types of diaspora; English-using communities; dynamics of those communities; monolingual paradigms and heteroglossic English forms; transcultural literary creativity; codification and authentication…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Diglossia, English, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKreindler, Isabelle – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Major common language problems arising in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet bloc are outlined, as identified in recent literature, and pressing language-related issues in specific former Soviet states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
Peer reviewedHaarmann, Harald; Holman, Eugene – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Discusses the strategies that the former Soviet states are evolving to balance the interests of dominant ethnic groups with those of linguistic minorities while constructing a national identity, highlighting language policy in action and focusing on acculturation processes and geographic mobility among groups. A case study of Estonia is also…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Communication Problems
