Signs of Plurilingualism: Current Plurilingual Countermoves in Danish Higher Education
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Signs of Plurilingualism : Current Plurilingual Countermoves in Danish Higher Education. / Daryai-Hansen, Petra; Kirilova, Marta.
I: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education, Bind 4, Nr. 2, 4, 06.2019, s. 43—58.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Signs of Plurilingualism
T2 - Current Plurilingual Countermoves in Danish Higher Education
AU - Daryai-Hansen, Petra
AU - Kirilova, Marta
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - During the last decade, Danish universities – like universities worldwide – have gradually become more internationalized. From a predominantly national, monolingual educational system, universities have increasingly advanced to a post-national paradigm with Danish and English as so-called parallel languages. However, the present reality is even more multifaceted, raising the question as to whether universities’ internationalization efforts can be limited to the use of only English and the national language. The article discusses the results of two plurilingual language strategies that have recently been implemented in Danish higher education: the Language Profiles at Roskilde University and More Languages for More Students at the University of Copenhagen. The article focuses on signs of plurilingualism, how they can be conceptualized and why the promotion of plurilingualism is central to universities’ internationalization efforts. We present a preliminary model that tries to describe the plurilingual countermoves and the quantitative data that has been collected in order to investigate students’ language needs and teachers’ language needs, competences and practices. Our findings reveal an elaborate picture of language needs among students and language competences, practices and needs among university staff and problematize the perception of English and Danish as sufficient languages for academia.
AB - During the last decade, Danish universities – like universities worldwide – have gradually become more internationalized. From a predominantly national, monolingual educational system, universities have increasingly advanced to a post-national paradigm with Danish and English as so-called parallel languages. However, the present reality is even more multifaceted, raising the question as to whether universities’ internationalization efforts can be limited to the use of only English and the national language. The article discusses the results of two plurilingual language strategies that have recently been implemented in Danish higher education: the Language Profiles at Roskilde University and More Languages for More Students at the University of Copenhagen. The article focuses on signs of plurilingualism, how they can be conceptualized and why the promotion of plurilingualism is central to universities’ internationalization efforts. We present a preliminary model that tries to describe the plurilingual countermoves and the quantitative data that has been collected in order to investigate students’ language needs and teachers’ language needs, competences and practices. Our findings reveal an elaborate picture of language needs among students and language competences, practices and needs among university staff and problematize the perception of English and Danish as sufficient languages for academia.
UR - https://www.igi-global.com/article/signs-of-plurilingualism/231473
U2 - 10.4018/IJBIDE.2019070104
DO - 10.4018/IJBIDE.2019070104
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 43—58
JO - International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education
JF - International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education
SN - 2379-7363
IS - 2
M1 - 4
ER -
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