ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?

This study analyses Internationalisation at Home (IaH) courses across a wide range of bachelor’s degrees, from humanities to hard sciences, in public universities in Catalonia, as an in-depth analysis of a South European context. IaH courses selected for analysis included courses (i) on internationa...

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Autores: Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439, Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/128397
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/128397
https://dx.doi.org/10.18485/esptoday.2018.6.2.3
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:English Language -- Education, Higher -- Catalonia
Internationalisation at home
European higher education
Intercultural and international competence
English for specific purposes
English-medium instruction
Anglès -- Ensenyament universitari -- Catalunya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
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spelling ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502XEnglish Language -- Education, Higher -- CataloniaInternationalisation at homeEuropean higher educationIntercultural and international competenceEnglish for specific purposesEnglish-medium instructionAnglès -- Ensenyament universitari -- CatalunyaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatgeÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengüesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitariThis study analyses Internationalisation at Home (IaH) courses across a wide range of bachelor’s degrees, from humanities to hard sciences, in public universities in Catalonia, as an in-depth analysis of a South European context. IaH courses selected for analysis included courses (i) on international topics, (ii) taught in English and focusing on content (English-medium Instruction, EMI) and (iii) focusing on language, i.e. English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Results point to a high presence of international content courses, especially in humanities and social sciences, followed by EMI courses, although quantitatively scarce and mainly found in engineering. ESP courses are the least present despite their potential to prepare students for EMI. Reasons that may account for this IaH picture are presented. All in all, it seems that current policies leave language and intercultural competence in the hands of content lecturers, who may not have explicit language and intercultural learning outcomes in mind while it appears that the potential role of ESP as an internationalisation driver may be neglected. This paper thus argues for giving visibility to ESP courses and lecturers in their role for the promotion of curricular internationalisation.20182018-12-2020192019-02-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/128397https://dx.doi.org/10.18485/esptoday.2018.6.2.3reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1283972026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
title ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
spellingShingle ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
English Language -- Education, Higher -- Catalonia
Internationalisation at home
European higher education
Intercultural and international competence
English for specific purposes
English-medium instruction
Anglès -- Ensenyament universitari -- Catalunya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
title_short ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
title_full ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
title_fullStr ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
title_full_unstemmed ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
title_sort ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
author Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
author_facet Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
author_role author
author2 Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv English Language -- Education, Higher -- Catalonia
Internationalisation at home
European higher education
Intercultural and international competence
English for specific purposes
English-medium instruction
Anglès -- Ensenyament universitari -- Catalunya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
topic English Language -- Education, Higher -- Catalonia
Internationalisation at home
European higher education
Intercultural and international competence
English for specific purposes
English-medium instruction
Anglès -- Ensenyament universitari -- Catalunya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
description This study analyses Internationalisation at Home (IaH) courses across a wide range of bachelor’s degrees, from humanities to hard sciences, in public universities in Catalonia, as an in-depth analysis of a South European context. IaH courses selected for analysis included courses (i) on international topics, (ii) taught in English and focusing on content (English-medium Instruction, EMI) and (iii) focusing on language, i.e. English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Results point to a high presence of international content courses, especially in humanities and social sciences, followed by EMI courses, although quantitatively scarce and mainly found in engineering. ESP courses are the least present despite their potential to prepare students for EMI. Reasons that may account for this IaH picture are presented. All in all, it seems that current policies leave language and intercultural competence in the hands of content lecturers, who may not have explicit language and intercultural learning outcomes in mind while it appears that the potential role of ESP as an internationalisation driver may be neglected. This paper thus argues for giving visibility to ESP courses and lecturers in their role for the promotion of curricular internationalisation.
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