Volume 21 in the Language for Intercultural Communication and Education series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface

Introduction / Bent Preisler

PART 1: English as a Lingua Franca for Higher Education Teaching and Learning

1. The Relationship between Teaching Language and Student Learning in Swedish University Physics / John Airey

2. Students' and Teachers' Self-Assessment of English Language Proficiency in English-Medium Higher Education in Denmark: A Questionnaire Study / Christian Jensen, Louise Denver, Inger M. Mees and Charlotte Werther

PART 2: When the Official Lingua Franca Happens to be the First Language of the Majority: The Case of the United Kingdom

3. Perceptions of Identity and Issues of Concern among International Students in the United Kingdom / Peter Sercombe

4. Developing Perceptions of Interculturality: A Troublesome Space? / Catherine Montgomery

5. Internationalising the University: Enabling Selves-in-the-World / David Killick

PART 3: The Construction of International Perspectives in 'International' Student Group Work

6. Educational Practices in the International University: Language as a Resource for Intercultural Distinction in a Project Group Meeting / Dennis Day and Susanne Kjaerbeck

7. International Basic Studies in the Humanities: Internationalization and Localization in Four Dimensions / Anne H. Fabricius

PART 4: Academic Writing and Literacy in a Transnational Perspective

8. Crossing Borders: The Feasibility of Harmonising Academic Literacy Standards across Europe / Carole Sedgwick

9. Plagiarism in the International University: From Kidnapping and Theft to Translation and Hybridity / Ida Klitgard

PART 5: East and West at the International University

10. International Students at China Three Gorges University: A Survey / Betsy Hu Xiaoqiong and Marina Chen Yuehong

11. How Far Can Face and Hierarchy Affect Developing Interaction between Korean University Students and their Supervisors in the United Kingdom? / Juhyun Back

12. Intercultural Interaction: Teacher and Student Roles in the Classroom of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in Macau, China / Roberval Teixeira e Silva and Custodio Cavaco Martins

Bibliography

Index

"This book views the international university as a microcosm of a world where internationalization does not equate with across-the-board use of English, but rather with the practice of linguistic and cultural diversity, even in the face of Anglophone dominance. The globalization-localization continuum manifests itself in every university trying to adopt internationalization strategies. The many cases of language and learning issues presented in this book, from universities representing different parts of the world, are all manifestations of a multidimensional space encompassing local vs. global, diversification vs. Anglicization. The internationalization of universities represents a new cultural and linguistic hybridity with the potential to develop new forms of identities unfettered by traditional 'us-and-them' binary thinking, and a new open-mindedness about the roles of self and others, resulting in new patterns of communicative (educational and social) practices." (Book Cover)