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Informationen zum Autor The editors are all affiliated with Roskilde University, Denmark, as well as the international research centre, 'Cultural and Linguistic Practices in the International University'?(TM) (CALPIU). Bent Preisler is Professor of English Sociolinguistics, and founder and director of CALPIU. His main research includes works on the functions of English in an international context. Ida Klitgård is Associate Professor in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Her work includes stylistics and rhetoric, currently focusing on the concept of plagiarism in student written assignments. Anne H. Fabricius is Associate Professor of English. Her main research area is sociophonetics, with wider interests in quantitative sociolinguistics, sociolinguistic methodology and the analysis of spoken language. Klappentext Based on a series of studies from universities around the world, this book suggests that internationalization does not equate with across-the-board use of English, and instead represents a new cultural and linguistic hybridity with the potential to develop new identities unfettered by traditional 'us-and-them' binary thinking. Zusammenfassung Based on a series of studies from universities around the world! this book suggests that internationalization does not equate with across-the-board use of English! and instead represents a new cultural and linguistic hybridity with the potential to develop new identities unfettered by traditional 'us-and-them' binary thinking. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Bent PreislerPart I: English as a lingua franca for Higher Education teaching and learning Chapter 1 John Airey: The Relationship between Teaching Language and Student Learning in Swedish University Physics Chapter 2 Christian Jensen et al.: Students' and Teachers' Self-Assessment of English Language Proficiency in English-Medium Higher Education in Denmark - a Questionnaire StudyPart II: When the official lingua franca happens to be the first language of the majority: The case of the Uk Chapter 3 Peter Sercombe: Perceptions of Identity and Issues of Concern among International Students in the Uk Chapter 4 Catherine Montgomery: Developing Perceptions of Interculturality: a Troublesome Space?Chapter 5 David Killick: Internationalising the University: Enabling Selves-in-the-WorldPart III: The construction of international perspectives in 'international' student group work Chapter 6 Dennis Day and Susanne Kjaerbeck: The construction of international perspectives in 'international' student group work.Chapter 7 Anne H. Fabricius: International Basic Studies in the Humanities: Internationalization and Localization in Four DimensionsPart IV: Academic writing and literacy in a transnational perspective Chapter 8 Carole Sedgwick: Crossing Borders: the Feasibility of Harmonising Academic Literacy Standards across Europe Chapter 9 Ida Klitgard: Plagiarism in the International University: From Kidnapping and Theft to Translation and HybridityPart V: East and West at the International University Chapter 10 Hu Xiaoqiong and Chen Yuehong: International Students at China Three Gorges University: A Survey Chapter 11 Juhyun Back: How far can face and hierarchy affect developing interaction between Korean university students and their supervisors in the UK?Chapter 12 Roberval T. e Silva and Custodio C. Martins: Intercultural interaction: Teacher and Student Roles in the Classroom of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in Macau! China ...
