Language Policy in Higher Education
The Case of Medium-Sized Languages
- 240 pages
- English
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Language Policy in Higher Education
The Case of Medium-Sized Languages
About this book
In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium-sized language communities, this volume provides the reader with some important insights into how language policies can be successfully implemented. The different sociolinguistic contexts under scrutiny offer an invaluable comparative standpoint to understand what position can – or could – be occupied by each language at the level of higher education.
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Table of contents
- Cover-Page
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- 1 Language Policy in Higher Education in Medium-Sized Language Communities: An Introduction
- 2 The Position of Danish, English and Other Languages at Danish Universities in the Context of Danish Society
- 3 The Position of Czech and Other Languages at Universities in the Czech Republic: Some Initial Observations
- 4 The Position of Finnish and Swedish as well as Other Languages at Universities in Finland
- 5 Challenges for Hebrew in Higher Education and Research Environments
- 6 Challenges for South Africa’s Medium-Sized Indigenous Languages in Higher Education and Research Environments
- 7 The Position of Catalan in Higher Education in Catalonia
- 8 Medium-Sized Languages as Viable Linguae Academicae
- Index