Multilingual Higher Education

Beyond English Medium Orientations

AvChrista van der Walt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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The general perception that a good command of English is enough to gain access and to be successful in higher education hides the complexity of learning and teaching in multilingual environments, and this book shows that all higher education environments are multilingual to some extent. Strategies like translation, interpreting and switching from one language to another not only support learning but also build competence for multilingual professional environments. Whether institutions focus on widening access to minoritised communities or whether they want to attract more international students, the book argues that a multilingual pedagogy is needed to improve student access and success. Building on work by Nancy Hornberger, Colin Baker and Ofelia García, the book extends strategies and techniques from bilingual education at school level to multilingual higher education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:473 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781847699190

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Christa van der Walt is Professor of Language Education in the Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University. Her research interests include language-in-education, English language teaching in multilingual contexts and multilingual education. She is the author of Multilingual Higher Education: Beyond English-medium Orientations (2013).

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Trailblazing in its challenge of the sole role of English in shaping multilingual higher education, this book not only offers readers practical information on structures and pedagogies being used in multilingual higher education across the globe, but theorizes what it all means in a context of widened access to universities and increased transnational mobility. A comprehensive, well-written integration of scholarship on multiliteracies, language planning, pedagogies, and higher education that is bound to become a classic in its field.

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PrefaceChapter 1: Theoretical Orientation: The Special Place of Higher EducationChapter 2: Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: Official and Unofficial Multilingual SettingsChapter 3: Managing the Consequences of Widened Access and Transnational Mobility: The Development of MultiliteraciesChapter 4: Multilingual Pedagogy in HE Classrooms: Approaches and TechniquesChapter 5: From Mono to Multi: New Thinking about Higher Education