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Language Alternation, Language Choice and Language Encounter in International Tertiary Education

Reflecting the increased use of English as lingua franca in today<U+0019>s university education, this volume maps the interplay and competition between English and other tongues in a learning community that in practice is not only bilingual but multilingual. The volume includes case studies fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Haberland, Hartmut. (Editor), Ln̜smann, Dorte. (Editor), Preisler, Bent. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Multilingual Education, 5
Subjects:
Education.
Applied linguistics.
Language and languages.
Language Education.
Applied Linguistics.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6476-7
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Hybridity and complexity: language choice and language ideologies
  • Part I The local language as a resource in social, administrative and learning interactions. 1. Kitchen talk <U+0013> Exploring linguistic practices in liminal institutional interactions in a multilingual university setting
  • 2. Japanese and English as lingua francas: Language choices for international students in contemporary Japan
  • 3. Plurilingual resources in lingua franca talk: An interactionist perspective
  • 4. Language choice and linguistic variation in classes nominally taught in English
  • 5. Active biliteracy? Students taking decisions about using languages for academic purposes
  • Part II Using English as a lingua franca in teaching a foreign language. 6. English as a lingua franca: A case of Japanese courses in Australia
  • 7. <U+001c>Teacher! Why do you speak English? A discussion of teacher use of English in a Danish language class
  • 8. The use of English as a lingua franca in teaching Chinese as a foreign language: A case study of native Chinese teachers in Beijing
  • Part III Parallel language use: English and the local language. 9. Stylistic and pedagogical consequences of university teaching in English in Europe
  • Part IV Language policies and language ideologies in international education. 10. Expanding language borders in a bilingual institution aiming at trilingualism
  • 11. Language practices and transformation of language ideologies: Mainland Chinese students in a multilingual university in Hong Kong.

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