Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies
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Felipe F. Guimarães
Abstract
Discussion of the impact of globalization on higher education institutions (HEIs), in the form of internationalization. This process affects institutions worldwide because it demands strategies for HEIs to deal with diversity (social, cultural, linguistic, etc.) and with pressures at the local, national and global levels, in relation to the use of languages in academia. Therefore, language policies can be a way to promote more balanced language practices in everyday activities in HEIs.
Abstract
Discussion of the impact of globalization on higher education institutions (HEIs), in the form of internationalization. This process affects institutions worldwide because it demands strategies for HEIs to deal with diversity (social, cultural, linguistic, etc.) and with pressures at the local, national and global levels, in relation to the use of languages in academia. Therefore, language policies can be a way to promote more balanced language practices in everyday activities in HEIs.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments V
- Foreword VII
- Contents XIII
- List of figures XVII
- List of tables XIX
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies 1
- Chapter 2 When education institutions reproduce dominant ideas – social, cultural and linguistic capital 8
- Chapter 3 Different people, different languages, same planet – globalization, multilingualism and super-diversity 23
- Chapter 4 When universities move beyond their walls and borders – internationalization of higher education 30
- Chapter 5 When intervention is necessary to foster interaction among different speakers – language policies (and multilingualism) 73
- Chapter 6 Basic inquiry inspired in a real problem – design-based research on language policies 102
- Chapter 7 Language policy documents and what they say/mean to institutions and their communities 114
- Chapter 8 Bringing it all together – a model of language policy, with multilingual aspects, for the internationalization of higher education 171
- Appendix 1 Initial questionnaire (Online) 185
- Appendix 2 Expanded questionnaire (Online) 195
- References 197
- Index 211
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments V
- Foreword VII
- Contents XIII
- List of figures XVII
- List of tables XIX
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies 1
- Chapter 2 When education institutions reproduce dominant ideas – social, cultural and linguistic capital 8
- Chapter 3 Different people, different languages, same planet – globalization, multilingualism and super-diversity 23
- Chapter 4 When universities move beyond their walls and borders – internationalization of higher education 30
- Chapter 5 When intervention is necessary to foster interaction among different speakers – language policies (and multilingualism) 73
- Chapter 6 Basic inquiry inspired in a real problem – design-based research on language policies 102
- Chapter 7 Language policy documents and what they say/mean to institutions and their communities 114
- Chapter 8 Bringing it all together – a model of language policy, with multilingual aspects, for the internationalization of higher education 171
- Appendix 1 Initial questionnaire (Online) 185
- Appendix 2 Expanded questionnaire (Online) 195
- References 197
- Index 211
