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Lau, Ken; Lin, Chia-Yen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
Universities worldwide, in placing a greater emphasis on global mobility, have recently seen a growing number of in- and outbound students. Parallel to this development has been the need to internationalize individual campuses, an important aspect of which is to have a common language (or languages) used for communication. The language policies in…
Descriptors: International Education, Language Planning, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries
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Maldonado-Valentín, Mirta – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
During the Spanish regimen, Puerto Rican education was limited and restricted to Spanish language as the medium of instruction. It was not until the U.S. colonization of the island that public education was introduced. As a result, English replaced Spanish as medium of instruction in the new educational system. Immediately after, Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Tabuenca-Cuevas, María – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2016
The use of English as the "lingua franca" in the European Union has elevated the symbolic capital of the language. The symbolic capital has, in turn, heightened the demand for English language learning in the European Union, across all levels of education. These circumstances, in correlation with the idiosyncrasies of the role of Spain…
Descriptors: Language Planning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, National Curriculum
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Papastephanou, Marianna – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
Many educational theoretical approaches to cosmopolitanism tend towards an unconditional appreciation of mobility, diversity and rootlessness. The recent interest of educational philosophy in the rhizome, de-territorialization and diversity contributes to this understanding of cosmopolitanism as movement across a borderless and imperfect world.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism
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Susilo – Dinamika Ilmu, 2015
Indonesian Qualification Framework (IQF) is a description of qualification levels for all Indonesian learning outcomes or certificate statements in Indonesian schooling from year 9 to higher education. The IQF holds a legal endorsement in the form of Presidential Decree no. 8/2012. This IQF will specify equivalencies between Indonesian and foreign…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Benton, Richard A. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
This paper looks at aspects of Maori language revitalisation since the passage of the Maori Language Act, 1987 which gave official status to the language. It is a sequel to an article on Maori language in education published in this journal the following year [Benton, R. A. (1988). "The Maori language in New Zealand education."…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders
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Bergroth, Mari; Palviainen, Åsa – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
The current study examines bilingual children as language policy agents in the interplay between official language policy and education policy at three Swedish-medium preschools in Finland. For this purpose we monitored nine Finnish-Swedish bilingual children aged 3 to 5 years for 18 months. The preschools were located in three different parts of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Swedish, Language of Instruction, Preschool Children
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Bourhis, Richard Y.; Sioufi, Rana – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
This article analyses how language laws favouring French improved the vitality of the Francophone majority relative to the declining Anglophone minority of Quebec. Part one provides a review of Canadian Government efforts to provide federal bilingual services to Francophones and Anglophones across Canada. Using the ethnolinguistic vitality…
Descriptors: Language Planning, French, Official Languages, Bilingualism
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Roche, Gerald – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2017
The concept of "resilience" originated in both ecology and psychology, and refers to the propensity of a system or entity to "bounce back" from a disturbance. Recently, the concept has found increasing application within linguistics, particularly the study of endangered languages. In this context, resilience is used to describe…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Linguistics
Matsuda, Aya, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
This book explores ways to prepare teachers to teach English as an International Language (EIL) and provides theoretically-grounded models for EIL-informed teacher education. The volume includes two chapters that present a theoretical approach and principles in EIL teacher education, followed by a collection of descriptions of field-tested teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes
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Subtirelu, Nicholas Close; Lindemann, Stephanie – Applied Linguistics, 2016
While most research in applied linguistics has focused on second language (L2) speakers and their language capabilities, the success of interaction between such speakers and first language (L1) speakers also relies on the positive attitudes and communication skills of the L1 speakers. However, some research has suggested that many L1 speakers lack…
Descriptors: Native Language, Positive Attitudes, Communication Skills, Language Variation
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Henry, Alastair – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
Patterns of transmigration emerging as a consequence of globalization are creating new and complex markets for communicative resources in which languages and language varieties are differently valued. In a Swedish context, where lingua franca English can facilitate communication but where monolingual norms prevail and Swedish is positioned as the…
Descriptors: Swedish, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Social Integration
Adamson, Laela – Education Development Trust, 2016
Many students are currently being taught in a language in which they are not confident and this impacts on both their learning outcomes and experiences. This is the situation in Tanzania where secondary schooling is delivered in English, after seven years of primary schooling during which teachers and students use Kiswahili, the national language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Experience, Language of Instruction
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Martin-Rubió, Xavier; Cots, Josep Maria – Language Awareness, 2018
In this paper, we explore the extent to which a stay abroad in a Danish university in which English is a frequent medium of instruction can be a very suitable context for students to increase their language proficiency and to develop both awareness of their communicative skills and their confidence in them. The data analysed come from (i) a pre-…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Esteem, Study Abroad, College Students
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Pennycook, Alastair; Otsuji, Emi – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
Drawing on data recorded in two city markets, this article analyzes the language practices of workers and customers as they go about their daily business, with a particular focus on the ways in which linguistic resources, everyday tasks, and social spaces are intertwined in producing metrolingua francas. The aim of the article is to come to a…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Multilingualism, Language Usage, Second Languages
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