The Role of Language in the Internationalisation of Higher Education: An Example from Portugal

Autor/inn/en	Kerklaan, Vincent; Moreira, Gillian; Boersma, Kees
Titel	The Role of Language in the Internationalisation of Higher Education: An Example from Portugal
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 43 (2008) 2, S.241-255 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/j.1465-3435.2008.00349.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Curriculum Development; Language Attitudes; Language Role; Foreign Countries; Portuguese; Global Approach; Universities; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Higher Education; International Education; Language of Instruction; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Sprachverhalten; Ausland; Portugiesischunterricht; Globales Denken; University; Universität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Erziehung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache
Abstract	This article discusses the impact of internationalisation on the strategy and language policy of the Portuguese University of Aveiro. In addition, it analyses how the Department of Languages and Cultures of the University contributes to the language policy. For the University of Aveiro, internationalisation is a priority and a distinctive feature of its profile. It is a member of many international networks and consortia in Europe and participates in a wide range of international study and research programmes. The principles of the Bologna Process have challenged UA policy makers to adopt a language policy and to give study programmes a more international profile by considering the option of English as a medium of instruction. At the same time, and paradoxically, the role of the Portuguese language will become increasingly important in the near future because many of the foreign students at Aveiro come from the former Portuguese-speaking colonies. We conclude that the question of language has led to local dilemmas, discussions and sometimes tensions about the role of the English language in processes of internationalisation and curriculum change at the University of Aveiro. (Author).
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