Language and Learning in the International University : : From English Uniformity to Diversity and Hybridity / / ed. by Bent Preisler, Ida Klitgård, Anne Fabricius.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Airey, J.,; Back, J.,; Day, D.,; Denver, L.,; Fabricius, A.H.,; Jensen, C.,; Killick, D.,; Kjærbeck, S.,; Klitgård, I.,; Martins, C. Cavaco,; Mees, I.M.,; Montgomery, C.,; Preisler, B.,; Sedgwick, C.,; Sercombe, P.,; Silva, R. Teixeira E,; Werther, C.,; X., Hu,; Y., Chen,
• HerausgeberIn: Fabricius, Anne,; Klitgård, Ida,; Preisler, Bent,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: English as a Lingua Franca for Higher Education Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 1. The Relationship between Teaching Language and Student Learning in Swedish University Physics -- Chapter 2. Students’ and Teachers’ Self- Assessment of English Language Proficiency in English-Medium Higher Education in Denmark: A Questionnaire Study -- Part 2: When the Offi cial Lingua Franca Happens to be the First Language of the Majority: The Case of the United Kingdom -- Chapter 3. Perceptions of Identity and Issues of Concern among International Students in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 4. Developing Perceptions of Interculturality: A Troublesome Space? -- Chapter 5. Internationalising the University: Enabling Selves-in-the-World -- Part 3: The Construction of International Perspectives in ‘International’ Student Group Work -- Chapter 6. Educational Practices in the International University: Language as a Resource for Intercultural Distinction in a Project Group Meeting -- Chapter 7. International Basic Studies in the Humanities: Internationalization and Localization in Four Dimensions -- Part 4: Academic Writing and Literacy in a Transnational Perspective -- Chapter 8. Crossing Borders: The Feasibility of Harmonising Academic Literacy Standards across Europe -- Chapter 9. Plagiarism in the International University: From Kidnapping and Theft to Translation and Hybridity -- Part 5: East and West at the International University -- Chapter 10. International Students at China Three Gorges University: A Survey -- Chapter 11. How Far Can Face and Hierarchy Affect Developing Interaction between Korean University Students and their Supervisors in the United Kingdom? -- Chapter 12. Intercultural Interaction: Teacher and Student Roles in the Classroom of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in Macau, China