International universities and implications of internationalisation for minority languages: views from university students in Catalonia and Wales
European higher education institutions are in general highly committed to internationalisation, seeing it as providing ways into the global education market, as an indicator of academic excellence, and for generating income. In multilingual settings, minority languages are not always given adequate...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/56782 |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2013.874434 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56782 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Bilingüisme mobilitat Multilingüisme Internacionalització Ensenyament universitari Mobilitat laboral Estudiants universitaris Globalització Bilingualism Occupational mobility Multilingualism College students Globalization |
| Summary: | European higher education institutions are in general highly committed to internationalisation, seeing it as providing ways into the global education market, as an indicator of academic excellence, and for generating income. In multilingual settings, minority languages are not always given adequate consideration in this process and may be a source of tension and ambiguities in the local communities and universities. We report on part of a study of international and home students at universities in two bilingual contexts: the University of Lleida (UdL, Catalonia) and Cardiff University (CU, Wales). The students were asked about their understanding of what an 'international university' is, and also, how they saw the implications of internationalisation in the universities for the respective minority languages. Results show some differentiation amongst the student groups. For example, in the case of the first item, the Lleida home students associated international universities with opportunities for travel, exchange and employment advantages far more than the other groups. And in the case of the second, international students at Lleida showed greater negativity and opposition towards the minority language than other groups. Findings highlight the difficulties in reconciling the vitality of minority languages with the forces and the priorities of internationalisation |
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