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

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• 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 continuu...

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