Language and learning in the international university [[electronic resource] ] : from English uniformity to diversity and hybridity / / edited by Bent Preisler, Ida Klitgård and Anne H. Fabricius

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453387603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-22474-7; 1-84769-415-2; 1-84769-413-6; 1-84769-509-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 248 p. ) : ill
• Collana: Languages for intercultural communication and education ; ; 21
• Altri autori (Persone): PreislerBent <1945->; KlitgårdIda; FabriciusAnne H
• Disciplina: 428.0071/1
• Soggetti: English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; Second language acquisition; Language and culture; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. English as a lingua franca for higher education teaching and learning -- pt. 2. When the official lingua franca happens to be the first language of the majority : the case of the United Kingdom -- pt. 3. The construction of international perspectives in 'international' student group work -- pt. 4. Academic writing and literacy in a transnational perspective -- pt. 5. East and west at the International University.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book views the international university as a microcosm of a world where internationalization does not equate with across-the-board use of English, but rather with the practice of linguistic and cultural diversity, even in the face of Anglophone dominance. The globalization-localization continuum manifests itself in every university trying to adopt internationalization strategies. The many cases of language and learning issues presented in this book, from universities ; representing different parts of the world, are all manifestations of a multidimensional space encompassing local vs. global, diversification vs. Anglicization. The internationalization of universities represents a new cultural and linguistic hybridity with the potential to develop new forms of identities unfettered by traditional 'us-and-them' binary thinking, and a new open-mindedness about the roles of self and others, resulting in new patterns of communicative (educational and social) practices.