Keywords: culture; cultural policy; diaspora; identity; language shift
The author offers an analysis of the phenomenon of language shift in connection with the disintegration of cultures in a diaspora situation. The process of the disintegration of languages is a historically well-known phenomenon, and the experiences of the past concerning extinct languages help us describe and understand the ongoing processes.
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Keywords: villages; cities; urbanization; Yugoslavia; Serbia
István Tari (Hungarian writer who lives in the former Yugoslavia, present-day Serbia)examines the destruction of villages during the second half of the 20th century.With the help of official documents and literary works, he shows with shocking power the life of these former Yugoslavian villages and presents the exploitation of the resident Hungarian minority bound to a shrinking habitat.
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Keywords: language learning; IKE; USA; Christianity; God
In early July, at the beginning of the summer holidays, our first program is Camp Sunrise,a children’s English language teaching camp led by a team from the United Statesof America and a team from IKE. The camptook the theme of inspiring elements inour lives and called young people to trust inChrist. The team of eight from the USA offered high quality English lessons and inspiring testimonies of how God had worked in their lives. Many young people stayed after the evening devotions for prayer or counseling. This camp remains our most popular camp, as the location, the approach to English teaching and spiritual input are all appreciated by both young people and their parents.
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