Institute of the Estonian Language
Future of linguistic consultation services
Symposium (15 September 2016)
eesti keeles
Venue: Institute of the Estonian Language, Roosikrantsi 6, 3rd floor hall
Group picture
Programme [updated 19.09.2016, with pictures added]
10.30 Registration, coffee
11.00 Opening of the symposium (Tõnu Tender, Director of the Institute)
11.10–13.00 Presentations (à 20 min + 5 min for questions, chaired by Tiina Leemets):
- Salli Kankaanpää, Riitta Korhonen, Ulla Onkamo (Institute for the Languages of Finland), Official language consultation services in Finland (text also in Finnish) [slides]
- Evelīna Zilgalve (Latvian Language Agency Consultation Division), Language consultations: an insight into Latvian experience [slides]
- Aurelija Dvylytė (State Commission of the Lithuanian Language), The Electronic Bank of Linguistic Consultations of the Language Commission – the most efficient consulting tool [slides]
- Irina Kuznetsova, Daria Manshina (Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg), Language referral service affiliated with Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences [+ text in Russian] [slides]
13.00–14.30 Lunch break
14.30–15.20 Presentations (continuation)
15.30–17.00 Discussion: the future of linguistic consultation services:
- brief comparison of services (phone calls, mail replies, electronic resources, databases, workload, personnel, possible additional services: courses, expert statements, names planning, terminology); status of consultation service and how it is valued among other functions
- future directions (how will the services be expanded, if at all; how to reach more people; would more advertising be needed?)
- use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and modern technology for consultation services
17.00–19.30 Reception (2nd floor hall)
