Professor Meilutė Ramonienė

Meilutė Ramonienė is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Lithuanian Studies at the University of Vilnius. She previously also taught Lithuanian as a Foreign Language at the University of Helsinki. Her published output includes edited books and papers on language use and language attitudes, language and identity, and textbooks for teaching Lithuanian as a second language. She has coordinated the research projects “Language usage and ethnic identity in urban areas of Lithuania”, “Sociolinguistic map of Lithuania: cities and towns”, “Language of emigrants” and "The Lithuanian language in diaspora: proficiency, usage, attrition“.

Her research interests include applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching and sociolinguistics, which she also lectures on at the University of Vilnius.

Recent publications

Ramonienė M., Stumbriene V. (2016) Complete Lithuanian, 2nd edition. London: John Murray Learning / Hodder Education.

Ramonienė, M., Vilkiene, L. (2016) Changes in the Social Value of Languages ​​in Urban areas of Lithuania, 1990-2010. In M. Sloboda, P. Laihonen, A. Zabrodskaja, Sociolinguistic Transition in the Former Eastern Bloc Countries: Two Decades after the Regime Change, p. 263-29
Ramonienė, M. (ed.), (2014) Emigrants: Language and Identity. Vilnius: VU Publisher.

Geben, K., Ramonienė, M. (2015) Language use and self-identification: Case of Lithuanian Poles. In Sociolinguistic Studies, vol 9.2-3, pp. 243-267. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing. ISSN: 1750-8649 (print), ISSN: 1750-8657 (online).

Ramonene M. Прибушаускайте, J. (2014) Practical grammar of the Lithuanian language. Vilnius: Балтос ланкос.

Ramonienė M. (2013) Family Language Policy and Management in a Changed Socio-Political Situation: Russians and Russian Speakers in Lithuania, In Schwartz, M. & Verschik, A. (eds). Successful family language policy: parents, children and educators in interaction. Series Multilingual Education. New York, London: Springer, pp.127-143.