Language Policy as 'Frozen' Ideology: Exploring the Administrative Function in Swedish Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Karlsson, Susanna; Karlsson, Tom S.
Titel	Language Policy as 'Frozen' Ideology: Exploring the Administrative Function in Swedish Higher Education
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 21 (2020) 1, S.67-87 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karlsson, Susanna) ORCID (Karlsson, Tom S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2019.1593723
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Swedish; Decision Making; Monolingualism; Multilingualism; Work Environment; English (Second Language); International Education; Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Language Attitudes; Inclusion; Universities; Public Administration; Language Role; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Meetings; College Administration; Policy Formation; Language Usage; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schwedisch; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Arbeitsmilieu; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Internationale Erziehung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachverhalten; Inklusion; University; Universität; Öffentliche Verwaltung; Ausland; Fakultät; Meeting; Tagung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Politische Betätigung; Sprachgebrauch; Schweden
Abstract	This article examines Language Policy documents within higher education institutions in Sweden. Its main focus is on how national language policies and policies for internationalization of the higher education are reinterpreted as local language policy. The analysis of ideologies surrounding the prescribed language(s) in meetings of decision making bodies in fifteen local Language Policy documents reveals how a monolingual national language policy is negotiated to accommodate an internationalized multilingual workplace. When the multilingual context of the internationalized university intrudes on the nationally oriented context of public administration, which favors Swedish as a default language, there are two solutions to be found in the language policy documents. (1) a temporary or permanent shift towards an internationally oriented monolingual context by allowing the use of another language, favoring English, or (2) a temporary or permanent shift towards parallel language-informed practices. Restrictive measures are found to construct situations where participation is made possible for non-regular non-Swedish-speaking members, while permissive measures provide inclusion for regular non-Swedish-speaking members, too. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01