English in Nordic universities : ideologies and practices / / edited by Anna Kristina Hultgren, Frans Gregersen, Jacob Thøgersen

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4409481
• Soggetto topico: English philology - Research - Norway; English language - Influence on Norwegian; Norwegian language - Foreign elements - English; Language, Universal
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HultgrenAnna Kristina <1971->; GregersenFrans; ThøgersenJacob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: English in Nordic Universities; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction: English at Nordic universities; 1. Introduction ; 2. The roles of universities: Then and now ; 3. Universities in change: Linguistic consequences and tensions ; 4. Purpose of the volume: Contrasting ideologies and practices ; 5. Ideologies and practices: How can they be studied? ; 6. The Nordic countries: Similarities and differences ; 7. Structure and outline of the book ; References ; 2. Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway; 1. Introduction ; 2. Language planning in Norway 3. The Norwegian lesson ; 4. English takes centre stage ; 5. The voice of higher education policy ; 6. Back to the future or lesson learned? ; References ; Appendix 1 ; 3. Language planning in practice in the Norwegian higher education sector; 1. Introduction ; 2. Status planning in practice ; 2.1 Research and academic writing ; 2.2 Teaching and learning ; 3. Corpus and acquisition planning in practice ; 3.1 Corpus planning: terminology and elaboration ; 3.2 Acquisition planning in practice ; 4. Conclusion ; References ; 4. Language ideology and shifting representations of linguistic threats1. Introduction ; 1.1 Approaching the objects ; 2. Re-reading history ; 2.1 The field of language planning ; 2.2 Swenglish - language ideologies from the '60s to the '80s ; 2.3 Domain loss - language ideologies of the '90s and onwards ; 2.4 Language ideology, market, and habitus ; 3. Conclusion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; 5. Zooming in on language practices in Swedish higher education; 1. Introduction ; 2. Theoretical and empirical approaches to language practice in Sweden ; 2.1 Normative studies on institutional practices 2.2 A study on individuals' exposure to English at Stockholm University ; 2.3 A study on classroom practice ; 3. Discussion ; 4. Conclusion ; References ; 6. Language ideologies in Finnish higher education in the national and international context; 1. Introduction ; 2. Historical overview of the Finnish HE system from a language perspective ; 3.1 Finnish language legislation: Constitutionalist bilingualism as societal bilingualism ; 3. Current language legislation ; 3.2 University legislation ; 4. Data and methodology ; 5. Internationalisation and its implications for language in higher education policy: two cases 5.1 Case 1: National vs. international, and language in Finnish igher education ; 5.2 Case 2: English and internationalisation of Finnish higher education ; 6. Conclusions ; References ; 7. Local majority and minority languages and English in the university; 1. Introduction ; 2. Tensions between de jure and de facto language policies of the university ; 3. Data and analytical framework ; 4. The local languages and English at the university ; 4.1 A few case studies: Different responsibilities, different practices
• Sommario/riassunto: The article focuses on the linguistic practices of international academic staff at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) in the context of internationalization of higher education and the policy of parallel language use (PLU) at UCPH. Both Danish and English are foreign languages for the majority of the internationals at UCPH. Many see the academia at UCPH as an expat bubble, i.e. a community within a community with its advantages and challenges. Most respondents consider English as a general working language while they find Danish helpful in administrative communication and in everyday life. Th
• Titolo autorizzato: English in Nordic universities
• ISBN: 90-272-6959-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463823603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in world language problems.