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Hurst, Ellen – Language and Education, 2016
Higher education institutions in South Africa are dominated by English, a result of the colonial history of the country and its education system, a legacy which is intensified by the current dominance of English in higher education worldwide. This paper applies a decolonial theoretical lens to argue that the dominance of English in South African…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Language Dominance, English
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Tarnopolsky, Oleg B.; Goodman, Bridget A. – Language and Education, 2014
Using an ecology of language framework, the purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which English as a medium of instruction (EMI) at a private university in eastern Ukraine allows for the use of Ukrainian, the state language, or Russian, the predominantly spoken language, in large cities in eastern Ukraine. Uses of English and Russian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language of Instruction, Russian