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Direct linkDíaz, Adriana R.; Fillmore, Naomi; Cordella, Marisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
The state of language education in Australia has long been described as paradoxical. Oscillating between periods of increased attention and seeming invisibility, over the last thirty years, the language learning sector has been punctuated by a succession of aspirational declarations and funding injections with little long-term impact on its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Planning
Duarte, Joana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
It is undeniable that English has become the worldwide lingua franca for the academic world. Many countries have therefore opted for Higher Education programmes fully in English, of which the Netherlands is the frontrunner. Language policies that include drawing on students plurilingual repertoires could offer the opportunity to employ several…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Higher Education, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Harvey, Julia; Owen, David; Palumbo, Giuseppe – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The Translation Focus Group (TFG) within CercleS has paid particular attention to issues concerning the production of multilingual institutional texts within the context of European higher education, specifically in order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of terminology and style in ways that ensure the availability of the best possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingual Materials, Instructional Materials, Translation
Critchley, Mark; Wyburd, Jocelyn – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, we explore how language centres can and need to seize the initiative in matters of internationalisation, language policy and supporting a multilingual and multicultural institutional environment. We identify and explore a number of challenges and opportunities, using the situation in the United Kingdom as our example, demonstrating…
Descriptors: Universities, International Education, Strategic Planning, Higher Education
Arau Ribeiro, María del Carmen – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Some policy is first created then implemented. Other policy has a way of making itself known through the back door. This article describes the implementation of a slowly emerging language policy at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal, starting before the Bologna Process led to curricular reform and a restructured social balance in higher…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Dell'Olio, Francesca – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Migration has become an important phenomenon in the contemporary world. In receiving countries, language policies have been put into place to offer migrants education in the national language, in order to give them tools to communicate with and to create a feeling of belonging to the local community. These policies claim to be integration…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
Schmidt, Maria Gabriela; Nagai, Noriko; Naganuma, Naoyuki; Birch, Gregory – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has been increasingly used to inform language policies and teaching practices in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Education proposed in 2011 that objectives of English curricula at the secondary education level ought to be stated using the "Can do" schemata of the CEFR and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Planning, Teaching Methods
