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.: UNINA9910791599503321
• 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
• 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.

Cornerstones of security : arms control treaties in the nuclear era / / Thomas Graham and Damien J. LaVera

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781220103321
• Autore: Graham Thomas <1933->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Seattle, : University of Washington Press; Washington D.C., : Nuclear Threat Initiative, Inc., c2002
• ISBN: 0-295-80141-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1504 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): LaVeraDamien J
• Disciplina: 341.7/33
• Soggetti: Arms control; Nuclear arms control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: The 1925 Geneva Protocol -- The Antarctic Treaty -- The "Hot line" agreements -- The Limited Test Ban Treaty -- The Outer Space Treaty -- Nuclear-weapon-free-zone treaties : background on nuclear-weapon-free zones Treaty of Tlatelolco -- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Special non-proliferation treaty safeguards agreements : the U.S. Voluntary Safeguard Agreement -- The Seabed Arms Control Treaty -- The "Accidents Measures" Agreement -- The Biological Weapons Convention -- The Incidents at Sea Agreement -- The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -- The Threshold Test Ban Treaty -- The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty -- The Environmental Modification Convention -- The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material -- Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers -- The Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement -- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces ; Treaty -- The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty -- The Open Skies Treaty -- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II) -- The Chemical Weapons Convention -- The agreed framework -- Confidence and security measures documents -- The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- The Ottawa Convention on Landmines -- Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents the complete text of thirty-four treaties that have effectively contained the spread of nuclear, biological, and conventional weapons during the Cold War and beyond. This title is suitable for diplomats, international lawyers, and arms control specialists.