This book highlights that language matters permeate all areas of higher education and that language matters for everyone involved in academic institutions: in policy, in teaching and learning, in administration, in research and in leadership. The chapters in this volume address national, institutional and local levels, and range from legal texts to studentsâ and teachersâ stories across disciplines. It provides a useful picture for all those who work in the various fields of higher education.
Contributors are: Britt-Marie Apelgren, Tove Bull, Josep Maria Cots, Ann-Marie Eriksson, Sylva Frisk, LÃdia Gallego-Balsà , Peter Garrett, Linnea Hanell, Luke Holmes, Niina Hynninen, Kathrin Kaufhold, Maria Kuteeva, Ragnhild Ljosland, Heidi Rontu, Taina Saarinen, Linus Salö and Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi.
Epilogue The Intricate Weave of Language Policy and Practice
Back Matter
Index
Britt-Marie Apelgren, Ph.D. (2000), Reading University, is Professor of Language Education at University of Gothenburg. The focus of her research, publication and teaching is language education and policy, doctoral education and higher education leadership. She has co-edited Transformative Teacher Research (Sense, 2015).
Ann-Marie Eriksson, Ph.D. (2014), is Senior Lecturer at University of Gothenburg. Her research concerns institutionalized forms of text production, e.g. in academic writing support, with a focus on language and communication as interactional, responsive practice.
Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi, Ph.D. (2019), is Senior Lecturer of Educational Work in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at University of Borås, focussing educational development and academic writing. Her research concerns higher education (language) policy and practice, and distance education.
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Language Matters in European Higher Education
âBritt-Marie Apelgren, Ann-Marie Eriksson and Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi
PART 1: Language Matters and the Concept of Internationalisation
2 Whatâs in a Name? The Concept of âInternationalisationâ
âTove Bull
PART 2: Language Matters Affecting Academic Life
3 Internationalisation of Universities and Minority Languages: Language Policy Tensions in Catalonia, Wales and the Basque Autonomous Community
âLÃdia Gallego-Balsà , Josep M. Cots and Peter Garrett
4 What about Swedish? Internationalisation, Societal Responsibility and National Languages in Finnish Higher Education
âTaina Saarinen and Heidi Rontu
5 Nordic Universities at the Crossroads: Societal Responsibility, Language Perceptions, and Policies
âMaria Kuteeva, Kathrin Kaufhold and Niina Hynninen
PART 3: Language Matters at Institutional Level
6 Legitimising Language Choice: Website Communication and Language Policy at Swedish Universities
âSusanne Strömberg Jämsvi
7 Language Assets, Scientific Prestige, and Academic Power: The Efficacy of National Linguistic Capital in Internationalising Career Trajectories
âLinus Salö, Luke Holmes and Linnea Hanell
8 What Is the Problem of Plagiarism Represented toBe? Plagiarism as Matters of Language in Higher Education Policy and Practice
âAnn-Marie Eriksson and Sylva Frisk
âSusanne Strömberg Jämsvi
9 Scots and Nynorsk: A Comparison of Two Language Movementsâ Struggle for Recognition in Higher Education
âRagnhild Ljosland
10 Epilogue: The Intricate Weave of Language Policy and Practice
âAnn-Marie Eriksson, Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi and Britt-Marie Apelgren
Index
All interested in language issues and policy in higher education, as well as for all those who work in various fields of higher education: leaders, teachers, researchers and administrative staff.