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Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies

  • Felipe F. Guimarães
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Language Policies in Higher Education
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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

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgments V
  3. Foreword VII
  4. Contents XIII
  5. List of figures XVII
  6. List of tables XIX
  7. Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies 1
  8. Chapter 2 When education institutions reproduce dominant ideas – social, cultural and linguistic capital 8
  9. Chapter 3 Different people, different languages, same planet – globalization, multilingualism and super-diversity 23
  10. Chapter 4 When universities move beyond their walls and borders – internationalization of higher education 30
  11. Chapter 5 When intervention is necessary to foster interaction among different speakers – language policies (and multilingualism) 73
  12. Chapter 6 Basic inquiry inspired in a real problem – design-based research on language policies 102
  13. Chapter 7 Language policy documents and what they say/mean to institutions and their communities 114
  14. Chapter 8 Bringing it all together – a model of language policy, with multilingual aspects, for the internationalization of higher education 171
  15. Appendix 1 Initial questionnaire (Online) 185
  16. Appendix 2 Expanded questionnaire (Online) 195
  17. References 197
  18. Index 211
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110768893-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgments V
  3. Foreword VII
  4. Contents XIII
  5. List of figures XVII
  6. List of tables XIX
  7. Chapter 1 Introduction: Higher education and language policies 1
  8. Chapter 2 When education institutions reproduce dominant ideas – social, cultural and linguistic capital 8
  9. Chapter 3 Different people, different languages, same planet – globalization, multilingualism and super-diversity 23
  10. Chapter 4 When universities move beyond their walls and borders – internationalization of higher education 30
  11. Chapter 5 When intervention is necessary to foster interaction among different speakers – language policies (and multilingualism) 73
  12. Chapter 6 Basic inquiry inspired in a real problem – design-based research on language policies 102
  13. Chapter 7 Language policy documents and what they say/mean to institutions and their communities 114
  14. Chapter 8 Bringing it all together – a model of language policy, with multilingual aspects, for the internationalization of higher education 171
  15. Appendix 1 Initial questionnaire (Online) 185
  16. Appendix 2 Expanded questionnaire (Online) 195
  17. References 197
  18. Index 211
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