Towards language-friendly higher education: language policy development at the University of Aveiro, Portugal

Moreira, Gillian

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dc.creator	Moreira, Gillian
dc.date	2020-06-25
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-17T17:43:59Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-17T17:43:59Z
dc.identifier	https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/7137
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/48016
dc.description	It is clear that language-friendly and language-skilled higher education institutions are essential if an internationalisation is to be achieved which promotes the well-being of the academic community as a whole and the inclusion and success of all students. However, this premise poses many challenges for institutions, particularly those which are not located in the mainstream of the Anglophone higher education sphere. In such contexts, an internationalisation strategy which relies on the adoption of English as the medium of instruction and research is not sufficient to meet local and international demands. Adding to a growing body of research carried out in a wide range of higher education contexts, this article explores the importance attributed to internationalisation and language strategies by the University of Aveiro in its institutional policy documents in the period 2010 – 2018. It finds that languages are an important consideration in the institution’s internationalisation strategy which seeks a balance between two linguas francas, Portuguese and English, and recognises the contribution of languages to institutional life and graduate profiles. Keywords: higher education institutions; internationalisation; globalisation; language policy; inclusion and well-being.	en-US
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Edições Universitárias Lusófonas	pt-PT
dc.relation	https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/7137/4251
dc.rights	Direitos de Autor (c) 2020 Revista Lusófona de Educação	pt-PT
dc.source	Revista Lusófona de Educação; v. 47 n. 47 (2020): REVISTA LUSÓFONA DE EDUCAÇÃO	pt-PT
dc.source	1646-401X
dc.source	1645-7250
dc.title	Towards language-friendly higher education: language policy development at the University of Aveiro, Portugal	en-US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion