In Lithuania, changes in politics and demographics have triggered the demand for courses in the local language by non-native speakers, foreigners, and international students. For instance, the number of students taking Lithuanian language courses at the Department of Lithuanian Studies at Vilnius University was estimated at about 200 students per year (Ramonien, 2006). Especially after Lithuania’s integration into the European Union, the search for courses has been constant: 140 people enrolled for studies in the second half of 2005, of these, 50 enrolled at the one-year course; 130 people joined the course in 2007 (52 on the regular course, 57 as Erasmus students, and 21 attended evening courses). In the summer of the same year, 90 students attended courses during June-July. The same number joined as Erasmus students for the new academic year (2007-2008); 82 students enrolled in 2008 (17 in the winter; 65 in the summer); 68 people attended the summer course in June-July of 20092 and the same number attended the summer course in the following year - June-July of 2010. As can be seen, the demand for summer courses remained the same in the recent past.

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