English in Academia
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English in Academia

Catalyst or Barrier?

  1. 183 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

English in Academia

Catalyst or Barrier?

About this book

In times of political and economic globalisation proficiency in the English language has developed into a key competence. The supremacy of English has also manifested itself in academic communication; research and teaching across all disciplines are becoming more and more anglophone. Consequently, academia and the English language as a medium of academic discourse are faced with new challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, the spread of English entails the risk of Anglo-American dominance in cultural and scientific realms leading to disadvantages for non-native speakers of English. On the other hand, English as a common lingua franca is able to function as a catalyst for international cooperation in research and teaching. The articles in this bilingual (German/English) anthology focus on discussing the advantages and disadvantages of an increasing anglophony in academia.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents / Inhalt
  2. Vorwort
  3. Claus Gnutzmann, Miriam Bruns - English in Academia – Catalyst or Barrier?Zur Einführung in eine kontroverse Diskussion
  4. Ulrich Ammon - Deutsch als Wissenschaftssprache: Wie langenoch?
  5. Richard Alexander - Is the use of English in science and scholarship away of interpreting the world or is it contributingto changing the world?
  6. Janina Brutt-Griffler - Intellectual culture and cultural imperialism:implications of the growing dominance of Englishin academia
  7. Claus Gnutzmann - Fighting or fostering the dominance of English inacademic communication?
  8. Christian Mair - Cult of the informal? On some ongoing changes inscientific English
  9. Joybrato Mukherjee - English as a Global Pidgin (EGP) in academia:some prolegomena
  10. Susanne Göpferich - Democratization of knowledge throughpopularizing translation
  11. Franz-Joseph Meißner - Soll das Mammut Elefanten und Mücken fressen?Zur Weiterentwicklung des Sprachenunterrichts inder Europäischen Union
  12. Claus Gnutzmann, Kathrin Lipski-Buchholz - Englischsprachige Studiengänge: Was können sieleisten, was geht verloren?
  13. Robert Wilkinson - English-taught study courses: principles andpractice
  14. Contributors / Autoren