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Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle. 2006. At the interface of language ideology and practice: The public discourse surrounding the 2004 education reform in Latvia. Language Policy 5 (3) : 315–335.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | ideology | language of instruction | language policy | minority

Language as a subject

Latvian | Russian

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This paper examines the public discourse surrounding the 2004 Latvian educational reform, requiring a minimum of 60 percent of the teaching to be performed in the state language, and in particular the discontent amongst the large Russophone population.