Language Alternation, Language Choice and Language Encounter in International Tertiary Education
Although English is the common lingua franca, the studies in the volume highlight the importance of the multilingual resources available to participants in higher educational institutions that are used to negotiate and solve their language problems. The volume brings to our attention a range of impo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | Multilingual Education
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 francain 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