Language of Instruction and Research in Higher Education in Europe: Highlights from the Current Debate in Norway and Sweden

Autor/in	Brock-Utne, Birgit
Titel	Language of Instruction and Research in Higher Education in Europe: Highlights from the Current Debate in Norway and Sweden
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 53 (2007) 4, S.367-388 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-007-9051-2
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Role; Language Maintenance; International Cooperation; Africa; Norway; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachpflege; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Afrika; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	This article examines some of the problems concerning the language of instruction in higher education within Europe and relates them to the African context. The author argues that there is reason to be worried about the spread of the use of English as a language of instruction in higher education, to the detriment of the smaller European languages in particular. The article gives an insight into the Norwegian and Swedish debate on the issue of domain loss to English in higher education. Towards the end, the article examines the language situation within the European Union. Here politicians publicly stress the need to maintain all the languages of the EU as part of the community's wealth, but the reality appears to be different, as the EU is marked by the ever greater predominance of just one language, English. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10