Language Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities

This edited book examines language perceptions and practices in multilingual university contexts in the aftermath of recent theoretical developments questioning the conceptualization of language as a static entity, drawing on case studies from different Northern European contexts in order to explore the effects of phenomena including internationalization, widening participation, and migration patterns on language attitudes and ideologies. The book provides cutting-edge perspectives on language uses in Northern European universities by drawing attention to the multiplicity of language practices alongside the prominence of English in international study programmes and research publication. It will be of interest to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and education, as well as language policymakers.

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Critically assesses ideologies and discourses of protecting national language(s) in relation to the multilingual realities of higher education Focuses on the tensions between standardisation and variation in language norms and practices across the multilingual university Explores language perceptions in relation to the use of linguistic repertoires by students and researchers for learning and for professional purposes

Autorentext

Maria Kuteeva is Professor of English Linguistics in the Department of English at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Kathrin Kaufhold is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Niina Hynninen is Senior Lecturer of English Studies in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Klappentext

This edited book examines language perceptions and practices in multilingual university contexts in the aftermath of recent theoretical developments questioning the conceptualization of language as a static entity, drawing on case studies from different Northern European contexts in order to explore the effects of phenomena including internationalization, widening participation, and migration patterns on language attitudes and ideologies. The book provides cutting-edge perspectives on language uses in Northern European universities by drawing attention to the multiplicity of language practices alongside the prominence of English in international study programmes and research publication. It will be of interest to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and education, as well as language policymakers. bfiqo

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction- Language Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities (Maria Kuteeva, Kathrin Kaufhold and Niina Hynninen). Part I: Tensions Between Monolingualism and Multilingualism on the National and Institutional Level).- Chapter 2: If Not English, Then What? Unpacking Language Hierarchies at University (Maria Kuteeva).- Chapter 3: Multilingualism as Problem or Resource? Negotiating Space for Languages Other than Swedish and English in University Language Planning (Marie Källkvist and Francis M. Hult).- Chapter 4: Tensions on Finnish Constitutional Bilingualism in Neo-Nationalist Times: Constructions of Swedish in Monolingual and Bilingual Contexts (Taina Saarinen).- Chapter 5: Redesigning the Curriculum to Develop Multilingual Academic Literacies: An Analysis of Language Conceptualizations (Juha Jalkanen and Tarja Nikula).- Chapter 6: University Branding and the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Baltic States: the Role of Language (Josep Soler).- Part II: Stakeholders in Multilingual Universities: Students.- Chapter 7: Language Ideologies and the Experiences of International Students (Deborah C. Clarke).- Chapter 8: 'I Need to Know This in Swedish Because It's the K ärnspråk': Language Ideologies and Practices of Multilingual Students (Kathrin Kaufhold and Jeanna Wennerberg).- Chapter 9: Plurilingual Students in EMI: Perceptions of Educational Democracy and Linguistic Justice (Robert Wilkinson and René Gabriëls).- Chapter 10: English at the University of Iceland: Students' Perceptions and Practices (Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir).- Part III: Stakeholders in Multilingual Universities: Academic and Administrative Staff.- Chapter 11: Disrupting Dual Monolingualisms? Language Ideological Ordering in an Internationalising Swedish University (Luke Holmes).- Chapter 12: Perceptions of Language (Mis)fit at a Multilingual Workplace: the Case of the University of Vaasa (Maria Järlström, Rebecca Piekkari, Nina Pilke and Hanna Turpeinen).- Chapter 13: Researchers' Language Practices Concerning Knowledge Production and Dissemination: Discourses of Mono- and Multilingualism (Niina Hynninen and Maria Kuteeva).- Chapter 14: Language Assessment of EMI Content Teachers: What Norms (Slobodanka Dimova).- Chapter 15: Epilogue- Multilingualism in Northern European Universities: Reflections from the South (David Lasagabaster and Aintzane Doiz).