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Multilingual Higher Education: Beyond English Medium Orientations

Multilingual Higher Education: Beyond English Medium Orientations

Van Der Walt, Christa

Paperback

Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, Book 91

LinguisticsGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1847699189
ISBN13: 9781847699183
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: Apr 12 2013
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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.

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