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Aslan, Mehmet – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Global discourses around English-medium instruction (EMI) have inspired controversy for many years now. A wide range of scholars has espoused multiple opinions exhorting the benefits and disadvantages of using English as a medium of instruction in higher education. Although EMI is certainly relevant to primary and secondary school education, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Soler-Carbonell, Josep; Saarinen, Taina; Kibbermann, Kerttu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This article analyses language policies in higher education (HE) in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, as well as the European Union (EU). We take a multilayered approach to language policies in order to illuminate the intertwined nature of local, national, and international language policies in HE. We are particularly interested in the construction of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Mortensen, Janus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Internationalisation is a buzzword in European higher education, and many universities work hard to devise and implement strategies that will help facilitate increased transnational student mobility. In this context, English is commonly seen as the "natural" choice for university internationalisation, and English is accordingly promoted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lin, Jing – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the politics of bilingual education for minorities in China. The article notes that such education has been provided in some minority schools as a part of the government's policy to improve relationships with ethnic minorities in China. (24 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Design, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education
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Glinert, Lewis H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1995
Documents and evaluates Israel's language policy shift from its traditional Hebrew-enforcement policy to the fostering of an immigrant language as a channel of information and culture in the face of a sudden 10% addition to its population due to one-half million Soviet migrants attached to Russian culture. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Pluralism, Decision Making