The Essays Database contains authentic written works by Lithuanian school students from Lithuanian-language lessons in Lithuanian schools—texts and assignments written in class or at home, most with teachers’ corrections and assessments. The authors’ names are not published; only their gender, the year the text was written, grade and location are indicated. The database currently contains more than 7,500 works by over 900 authors, written at different times, the oldest dating from 1930. It is intended for various studies of literacy, education, pedagogy and cultural development, enabling research into whether today’s students write differently from their parents, how writing skills develop, how teachers’ requirements change and many other topics. The database was started in 2014 and is continually supplemented with new written works. The project is carried out by the Sociolinguistics Department of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. It is also a valuable historical document showing Lithuanian schools under conditions of freedom and unfreedom.
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