Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning
This article will focus on the use of English as a global means of communication in higher education (HE) and research. The use of English is taken for granted as a global means of communication in the academic world. Therefore language issues are rarely problematized in science-policy contexts. Thi...
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| author | Krista Varantola |
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| description | This article will focus on the use of English as a global means of communication in higher education (HE) and research. The use of English is taken for granted as a global means of communication in the academic world. Therefore language issues are rarely problematized in science-policy contexts. This article will try to make the language issue visible by addressing aspects of a use of a lingua franca from a historical and pragmatic perspective and discuss its effects on everyday university life in non-Englishspeaking countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f345b21382d4f118011101c4cdec4b32022-12-22T03:37:23ZporUniversidade do PortoLinguística1646-61952012-01-017162176Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learningKrista VarantolaThis article will focus on the use of English as a global means of communication in higher education (HE) and research. The use of English is taken for granted as a global means of communication in the academic world. Therefore language issues are rarely problematized in science-policy contexts. This article will try to make the language issue visible by addressing aspects of a use of a lingua franca from a historical and pragmatic perspective and discuss its effects on everyday university life in non-Englishspeaking countries.http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/10748.pdfglobal Englishinternationalization of HE and researchinvisibility of languagedifferences between natural sciences and social sciencesethical aspects. |
| spellingShingle | Krista Varantola Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning Linguística global English internationalization of HE and research invisibility of language differences between natural sciences and social sciences ethical aspects. |
| title | Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning |
| title_full | Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning |
| title_fullStr | Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning |
| title_short | Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning |
| title_sort | everybody knows english language use in the world of learning |
| topic | global English internationalization of HE and research invisibility of language differences between natural sciences and social sciences ethical aspects. |
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