ISSN 2029-0497 KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PANEVĖŽYS INSTITUTE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NATION AND LANGUAGE: MODERN ASPECTS OF SOCIO-LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE October 21-22, 2010 Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute Lithuania KAUNAS *TECHNOLOGIJA* 2010 Conference Organizers: Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute, Lithuania Daugavpils University, Latvia University of Maribor, Slovenia Rzeszow University, Poland University of Warsaw, Poland Conference Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Susnienė, Director of Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute Faculty of Management and Administration Centre of Languages Conference Scientific Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Korsakas, Kaunas University of Technology, Committee: Lithuania Members: Prof. Z. Andras, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary Prof. Dr. R. Boženkova, Kursk State Technical University, Russia Prof. Dr. A. Berdičevskij, Burgenland University, Austria Prof. Z. Ikere, Daugavpils University, Latvia Prof. J. Jurkėnas, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania Prof. J. Kida, Rzeszow University, Poland Prof. E. Komorowska, University of Szczecin, Poland Prof. V. Kuzinia, Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia Prof. J. Lipnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia Prof. J. F. Nosowicz, University of Warsaw, Poland Prof. W. Szerszunowicz, University of Bialystok, Poland Prof. J. Wierzbinski, University of Lodz, Poland Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Žindžiuvienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Conference Organizing Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Susnienė, Kaunas University of Technology Committee: Panevėžys Institute Members: Prof. Dr. R. Boženkova, Kursk State Technical University, Russia Prof. Dr. A. Berdičevskij, Burgenland University, Austria Prof. J. Szerszunowicz, University of Bialystok, Poland Prof. V. Kuzinia, Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia Prof. J. Lipnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia Lect. N. Getmanenko, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia Dr. R. Virbickaitė, Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute, Lithuania Lect. S. Jakštienė, Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute, Lithuania Lect. V. Narbutas, Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute, Lithuania CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTED BY: The Research Council of Lithuania Panevėžys City Municipality, Lithuania Papers included in these Proceedings were refereed by independent peer referees. The style and language of authors were not corrected. Only minor editorial corrections have been carried out by Publisher. © Kaunas University of Technology Panevėžys Institute, 2010 FOREWORD The 4th international conference “Nation and Language: Modern Aspects of Socio-Linguistic Development” continues an eight-year old tradition. The conference is organized by Kaunas University of Technology Panėvežys Institute and aims to bring scientists and researchers together for a general scientific discussion on new trends in sociolinguistic, language research, teaching and learning. Languages lie at the heart of all social, economic and cultural life. Language is one of the most powerful emblems of social behavior. The relationship of language and society puts forward a field of study called sociolinguistics. It is the study of relationships between language and society with the goal being a better understanding of the structure of language and how languages function in communication. Sociolinguistics encompasses a broad range of concerns, discusses social change, reflected in different social and linguistic values. Language is a part of culture and culture is a part of language; the two are intricately interwoven so that one cannot separate the two without losing significance aspects of either language or culture. Linguists and anthropologists have long recognized that the forms and uses of a given language reflect the cultural values of the society in which the language is spoken. Learning a language in isolation from its cultural roots prevents one from becoming socialized into its contextual use. Knowledge of linguistic structure alone does not carry with it any special insight into the political, social, religious or economic system. The general goal of the conference is to present an overview of the most current approaches to language attitudes and motivation, to illuminate the sociolinguistic and educational significance of the topics. It is necessary to understand how teachers and scientists can carry out their charge while respecting the languages and language varieties that students bring to school or universities and using existing language skills build new ones, how teachers can enable students to achieve the linguistic mastery that would allow them to have more than grammatical competence in order to be able to communicate effectively in a language. Current theory and research have provided clear indications that the relationships between a person‘s prior linguistic and academic experience, the social context of instruction, and the results of formal language instruction have complex and reciprocal connections with each other. Positive attitudes about language and language learning may be as much the result of the success as the cause. The conference pays special attention to different aspects of languages and cultures, language contact and change, language maintenance, shift and loss, language and social inequalities, language learning and teaching and language planning and policy. The conference covers wide range of topics like: Theoretical and practical aspects of language education. Good practice and innovations in higher education language teaching. Socio-linguistic aspects in language teaching and learning. Applying new technologies in language teaching. Research of language peculiarities and their integration into the teaching process and lexicographical practice. Problems of terminology and translation; international communication. The Conference Committee delegated reviewers to evaluate submissions according to the following criteria: relevance to the conference topic, novelty and significance of the paper, clearly stated research goal and research problem, quality of the literature review, appropriate selection and implementation of methodology, clarity of research results (theoretical or/and empirical) and arguments presented, value of findings or development of theory/ideas, clarity of conclusions, clear and logical presentation, appropriate style, correct grammar and spelling, clarity of figures, diagrams, etc. The review process had two stages: the abstract review and the paper review. An abstract had to specify the objective of the paper, keywords, research methodology employed and conclusions. The completed paper should include: an abstract describing the idea or technique being presented, a brief introduction orienting the reviewer to the importance and uniqueness of the submission, a thorough description of the idea or technique in an organized manner, conclusions, suggestions and appropriate references to previous works. The structure of the paper had to comply with typical requirements of scientific papers. All the requirements, instructions and information about the conference were presented on conference website http://www.ppf.ktu.lt/nalmasd_english.html. Conference Organizing Committee Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Susnienė Contents Bartkevičienė R., Petniūnienė N. WHY STANDARD SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF STUDENTS GETS POORER?.... 7 Fuciji M. ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING CONDITIONS IN MOLDOVAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.......................................................................................................................................... 14 Hrivikova T. IDENTITY AND LANGUAGES – RESULTS OF A LOCAL RESEARCH............................................ 19 Klimovienė G., Korsakas J. COMPUTER LINGUISTICS AND PRAGMATICS ........................................................ 26 Kida J. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES OF YOUNG PEOPLE....... 31 Kildienė I., Lazauskienė R. RESPONSIBILITY DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES ............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Klijūnaitė I., Karklius K. TERMS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT, TEXTS AND DICTIONARIES ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 Klimovienė G., Barzdžiukienė R., Vaitkienė N. DEVELOPING STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.................................................................................................................... 45 Kuzina V. FOREIGN WORDS AND FOREIGN WORDS SIGNIFICANCE IN CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................................................ 51 Lipnik J. PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE – SLOVENIA..................................................................................................... 58 Lobanova-Shunina T., Shunin Y. THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO EMOTIONAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC UNITY59 Narbutas V. TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN ICT-BASED LEARNING SETTINGS .. 66 Nausėda A., Klijūnaitė I. GRAMMATICAL VARIABLES