Dr. Aneta Pavlenko is an Associate Professor at the College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. She has lectured widely in Europe, North America, and Japan, and published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics of bilingualism and second language acquisition. She is an author of Emotions and Multilingualism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), co-author of Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition (with Scott Jarvis; Routledge, 2008), editor of Bilingual Minds (Multilingual Matters, 2006) and co-editor of Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (Multilingual Matters, 2004).

• Preface - Aneta PavlenkoLanguage Management and Language Problems in Belarus: Education and Beyond - Markus Giger and Marián SlobodaA Tense and Shifting Balance: Bilingualism and Education in Ukraine - Laada Bilaniuk and Svitlana MelnykUneasy Compromise: Language and Education in Moldova - Matthew H. CiscelLanguage and Education Orientations in Lithuania: A Cross-Baltic Perspective Post- EU Accession - Tatjana Bulajeva and Gabrielle Hogan-BrunEstonianization Efforts Post-independence - Mart RannutLanguage Policies of Kazakhization and their Influence on Language Attitudes and Use - Juldyz SmagulovaMultilingualism, Russian Language and Education in Kyrgyzstan - Abdykadyr Orusbaev, Arto Mustajoki & Ekaterina ProtassovaLanguage and Education Policies in Tajikistan - Mehrinisso Nagzibekova

Dr. Aneta Pavlenko is an Associate Professor at the College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. She has lectured widely in Europe, North America, and Japan, and published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics of bilingualism and second language acquisition. She is an author of Emotions and Multilingualism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), co-author of Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition (with Scott Jarvis; Routledge, 2008), editor of Bilingual Minds (Multilingual Matters, 2006) and co-editor of Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (Multilingual Matters, 2004).

• Preface - Aneta PavlenkoLanguage Management and Language Problems in Belarus: Education and Beyond - Markus Giger and Marián SlobodaA Tense and Shifting Balance: Bilingualism and Education in Ukraine - Laada Bilaniuk and Svitlana MelnykUneasy Compromise: Language and Education in Moldova - Matthew H. CiscelLanguage and Education Orientations in Lithuania: A Cross-Baltic Perspective Post- EU Accession - Tatjana Bulajeva and Gabrielle Hogan-BrunEstonianization Efforts Post-independence - Mart RannutLanguage Policies of Kazakhization and their Influence on Language Attitudes and Use - Juldyz SmagulovaMultilingualism, Russian Language and Education in Kyrgyzstan - Abdykadyr Orusbaev, Arto Mustajoki & Ekaterina ProtassovaLanguage and Education Policies in Tajikistan - Mehrinisso Nagzibekova

Dr. Aneta Pavlenko is an Associate Professor at the College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. She has lectured widely in Europe, North America, and Japan, and published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics of bilingualism and second language acquisition. She is an author of Emotions and Multilingualism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), co-author of Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition (with Scott Jarvis; Routledge, 2008), editor of Bilingual Minds (Multilingual Matters, 2006) and co-editor of Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (Multilingual Matters, 2004).

• Preface - Aneta PavlenkoLanguage Management and Language Problems in Belarus: Education and Beyond - Markus Giger and Marián SlobodaA Tense and Shifting Balance: Bilingualism and Education in Ukraine - Laada Bilaniuk and Svitlana MelnykUneasy Compromise: Language and Education in Moldova - Matthew H. CiscelLanguage and Education Orientations in Lithuania: A Cross-Baltic Perspective Post- EU Accession - Tatjana Bulajeva and Gabrielle Hogan-BrunEstonianization Efforts Post-independence - Mart RannutLanguage Policies of Kazakhization and their Influence on Language Attitudes and Use - Juldyz SmagulovaMultilingualism, Russian Language and Education in Kyrgyzstan - Abdykadyr Orusbaev, Arto Mustajoki & Ekaterina ProtassovaLanguage and Education Policies in Tajikistan - Mehrinisso Nagzibekova