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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haberland, Hartmut (Editor), Lønsmann, Dorte (Editor), Preisler, Bent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Multilingual Education, 5
• Subjects: Education.; Applied linguistics.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Language and education.; Language Education.; Applied Linguistics.; Educational Policy and Politics.

Reflecting the increased use of English as lingua franca in today’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 from Japan, Aus...

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 – 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. “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.