Language and Learning in the International University : From English Uniformity to Diversity and Hybridity Paperback / softback
Edited by Bent Preisler, Ida Klitgard, Anne Fabricius
Part of the Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:18/07/2011
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- ISBN:9781847694133
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:18/07/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847694133
