The Englishization of higher education in Europe / Robert Wilkinsoned, René Gabriels.

Contributor(s): Wilkinsoned, Robert [editor.] | Gabriels, René [editor.]
Language: English Publisher: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (383 p.)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789048553914; 9048553911Subject(s): Education | SociolinguisticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 370.94 Online resources: De Gruyter Online
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Higher Education in Flanders -- 3 The Englishization of higher education in Estonia and Latvia -- 4 EMI in Spain -- 5 An ambivalent picture -- 6 English in Swiss higher education -- 7 Englishization in Danish higher education -- 8 Internationalization vs Englishization in Italian higher education -- 9 The place of English in the Russian higher education landscape -- 10 Multiple dimensions of Englishmedium education -- 11 Englishization of Dutch higher education -- 12 The Englishization of Polish higher education -- 13 Englishization 'under the radar' -- 14 Englishization of Croatian higher education -- 15 Affect in EMI at a German university -- 16 Englishization as trap and lifeline -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The introduction of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has changed higher education enormously in many European countries. This development is increasingly encapsulated under the term Englishization, that is, the increasing dispersion of English as a means of communication in non-Anglophone contexts. Englishization is not undisputed: legal challenges have arisen in several countries. Nor is it uniform; universities across Europe embrace Englishization, but they do so in their own way. In this volume, authors from 15 European countries present analyses from a range of perspectives coalescing around core concerns: the quality of education, cultural identity, inequality of opportunities and access, questions of justice and democracy, and internationalization and language policy. This book will appeal to researchers in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, educational sciences, and political science, as well as policy makers and people with a concern about the direction of higher education.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Higher Education in Flanders -- 3 The Englishization of higher education in Estonia and Latvia -- 4 EMI in Spain -- 5 An ambivalent picture -- 6 English in Swiss higher education -- 7 Englishization in Danish higher education -- 8 Internationalization vs Englishization in Italian higher education -- 9 The place of English in the Russian higher education landscape -- 10 Multiple dimensions of Englishmedium education -- 11 Englishization of Dutch higher education -- 12 The Englishization of Polish higher education -- 13 Englishization 'under the radar' -- 14 Englishization of Croatian higher education -- 15 Affect in EMI at a German university -- 16 Englishization as trap and lifeline -- Contributors -- Index

The introduction of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has changed higher education enormously in many European countries. This development is increasingly encapsulated under the term Englishization, that is, the increasing dispersion of English as a means of communication in non-Anglophone contexts. Englishization is not undisputed: legal challenges have arisen in several countries. Nor is it uniform; universities across Europe embrace Englishization, but they do so in their own way. In this volume, authors from 15 European countries present analyses from a range of perspectives coalescing around core concerns: the quality of education, cultural identity, inequality of opportunities and access, questions of justice and democracy, and internationalization and language policy. This book will appeal to researchers in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, educational sciences, and political science, as well as policy makers and people with a concern about the direction of higher education.

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