Language Policy and the Internationalization of Universities: A Focus on Estonian Higher Education: 15 (Language and Social Life [LSL], 15) - Hardcover

Soler, Josep

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1501515012 ISBN 13: 9781501515019

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2019

Synopsis

Many universities around the world are actively engaged in the process of the internationalization of their higher education systems, trying to become more competitive in all possible respects, especially in the areas of research and teaching. Language, naturally, plays a central role in this process, but this is not always explicitly recognized as such. As a result, key sociolinguistic challenges emerge for both individuals and groups of people. Most prominently, the question of whether English constitutes an opportunity or a threat to other national languages in academic domains is a controversial one and remains unresolved. The analysis featured in this book aims at addressing this question by looking at language policy developments in the context of Estonian higher education. Adopting a discourse approach, the book emphasises the centrality of language not only as a site of struggle, but as a tool and a resource that agents in a give field utilize to orient themselves in certain positions. The book will be of interest to language policy scholars, linguistic anthropologists, and critical sociolinguists. Education scholars interested in discourse studies will also find it useful.

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Josep Soler, Stockholm University, Sweden

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501515012
• ISBN 13: 9781501515019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 175