Edited by Robert Wilkinson and René Gabriëls - Amsterdam University Press
The tension between monolingualism and multilingualism has left its mark on the cultural history of Europe. Current public and academic debates about the Englishization of higher education pitch proponents of the monolingual ideal of a common language that promotes communication against advocates of the maintenance of linguistic diversity that does more justice to the multicultural reality and enriches life. Notwithstanding the differences between European countries, the switch from an initially monolingual curriculum to a bilingual and sometimes multilingual curriculum in higher education has led to debates about the consequences of the Englishization for the quality of higher education, cultural identity, inequality between stakeholders and the opportunities to express concern about this process.
Key words: Englishization, higher education, monolingualism, multilingualism, glocalization, linguistic justice
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction 11
The tension between monolingualism and multilingualism
René Gabriëls and Robert Wilkinson
2 Higher Education in Flanders 37
English as the ‘other’ language, Frank van Splunder
3 The Englishization of higher education in Estonia and Latvia 57
Actors, positionings, and linguistic tensions, Josep Soler and Kerttu Rozenvalde
4 EMI in Spain 77
Striving to maintain a multilingual balance, David Lasagabaster
5An ambivalent picture 97
The Englishization of higher education in France, Françoise Le Lièvre
6 English in Swiss higher education 121
The pragmatic way, Patrick Studer and Aisha Siddiqa
7 Englishization in Danish higher education 143
From critical to constructive conceptualizations, Slobodanka Dimova, Anna Kristina Hultgren, and Joyce Kling
8 Internationalization vs Englishization in Italian higher education 163
Reframing the issueAmanda C. Murphy and Beatrice Zuaro
9 The place of English in the Russian higher education landscape 189
Elena Belyaeva, Lyudmila Kuznetsova, Olga Nikiforova, and Svetlana Suchkova
10 Multiple dimensions of English-medium education 215
Striving to initiate change, sustainability, and quality in higher education in Sweden, Magnus Gustafsson and Jennifer Valcke
11 Englishization of Dutch higher education 237
Divergent language policies and practices, Robert Wilkinson and René Gabriëls
12 The Englishization of Polish higher education 259
Agnieszka Cierpich-Kozieł and Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld
13 Englishization ‘under the radar’ 281
Facts, policies, and trends in Austrian higher education, Monika Dannerer, Martina Gaisch, and Ute Smit
14 Englishization of Croatian higher education 307
Conceptualizations, manifestations, and implications, Branka Drljača Margić
15 Affect in EMI at a German university 327
Comparing insights from teachers, home, and international students, Michelle Hunter and Ursula Lanvers
16 Englishization as trap and lifeline 355
Philippe Van Parijs
Contributors 369
Index375