Multilingual Higher Education : : Beyond English Medium Orientations / / Christa van der Walt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: van der Walt, Christa,
• MitwirkendeR: Walt, Christa van der,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

The general perception that a good command of English is enough to gain access and to be successful in higher education hides the complexity of learning and teaching in multilingual environments, and this book shows that all higher education environments are multilingual to some extent. Strategies like translation, interpreting and switching from one language to another not only support learning but also build competence for multilingual professional environments. Whether institutions focus on widening access to minoritised communities or whether they want to attract more international students, the book argues that a multilingual pedagogy is needed to improve student access and success. Building on work by Nancy Hornberger, Colin Baker and Ofelia García, the book extends strategies and techniques from bilingual education at school level to multilingual higher education.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Special Place of Higher Education -- 2. Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: Official and Unofficial Multilingual Settings -- 3. Managing the Consequences of English-plus Multilingualism: The Development of Multiliteracies -- 4. Multilingual Pedagogy in Higher Education Classrooms: Approaches and Techniques -- 5. From Mono to Multi: New Thinking about Higher Education -- References -- Subject Index -- Country Index