English as "Lingua Franca" and the Internationalization of Academe

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book 25 Mar 2015 Italy Publisher:Boston College University LibrariesJournal:International Higher Education (issn: 1084-0613, eissn: 2372-4501,

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Authors: Michele Rostan;

doi: 10.6017/ihe.2011.63.8548 , 10.1007/978-94-6351-161-2_75

handle: 11571/226708 , 11571/1212781

English as "Lingua Franca" and the Internationalization of Academe

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Abstract

English has become the major language of scientific communication, and to a lesser extent, teaching worldwide. Using data from a international study of the academic profession, this article discusses some of the themes, positive and negative, of the role of "global English.

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Italy

Related Organizations

University of Pavia
Italy
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Italy

Keywords

330, English as lingua franca, internationalisation of the academic profession, academe, 420, internationalisation of higher education, internationalisation of the academe, English, higher education, lingua franca

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