TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beukes,Anne-Marie
AU  - Bretxa,Vanessa
AU  - Haberland,Hartmut
AU  - Parera,Eva Pons
AU  - Preisler,Bent
AU  - Ram,Drorit
AU  - Sherman,Tamah
AU  - Vila Moreno,F.Xavier
AU  - Vila,F.Xavier
AU  - Ylönen,Sabine
TI  - Language Policy in Higher Education: The Case of Medium-Sized Languages 
T2  - Multilingual Matters
SN  - 9781783092758
AV  - LC201.5 .L37 2014
U1  - 306.44/9306.449 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit : 
PB  - Multilingual Matters, 
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Language policy
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - Native language and education
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Contributors --; 1. Language Policy in Higher Education in Medium-Sized Language Communities: An Introduction --; 2. The Position of Danish, English and Other Languages at Danish Universities in the Context of Danish Society --; 3. The Position of Czech and Other Languages at Universities in the Czech Republic: Some Initial Observations --; 4. The Position of Finnish and Swedish as well as Other Languages at Universities in Finland --; 5. Challenges for Hebrew in Higher Education and Research Environments --; 6. Challenges for South Africa's Medium-Sized Indigenous Languages in Higher Education and Research Environments --; 7. The Position of Catalan in Higher Education in Catalonia --; 8. Medium-Sized Languages as Viable Linguae Academicae --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium-sized language communities, this volume provides the reader with some important insights into how language policies can be successfully implemented. The different sociolinguistic contexts under scrutiny offer an invaluable comparative standpoint to understand what position can - or could - be occupied by each language at the level of higher education
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783092765
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781783092765
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781783092765/original
ER  -