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Book SynopsisThe twelfth conference of the European Federation of the National Institutions of Language (EFNIL) at the Accademia della Crusca dealt with the increasing tendency to use English as the language of academic instruction and research in Europe. This development can be seen as progress in international scientific communication at the cost of all languages other than English. The volume presents general reflections, reports and discussions on the linguistic situation at the universities of various European countries, some with a historical perspective. As a conclusion it offers a «Resolution of Florence concerning Language Use in University Teaching and Research» in the 26 official languages of most member states of the European Union and other European countries.
Table of ContentsContents: Claudio Marazzini:
Saluto del Presidente dell’Accademia della Crusca – Marco Benedetti:
Discorso – Pierre Mairesse: Allocution d’ouverture – Pinuccia Contino: Discorso/Address – Susanna Slivensky/Margit Huber:
Greetings from the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe (ECML) – Rita Librandi:
Le lingue delle università italiane nel passato – Ulrich Ammon: Deutsch und Englisch in Forschung und Lehre an deutschen Universitäten: Geschichte, gegenwärtige Situation und Zukunftsperspektiven – Jan-Ola Östman: Language use in academia in the Nordic countries - with special reference to Finland – François Grin:
Managing languages in academia: Pointers from education economics and language economics – Cecilia Robustelli:
L’uso delle lingue nelle università italiane oggi – Guðrún Kvaran: The use of foreign languages at Icelandic universities – Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen: Language use in university teaching and research in Denmark – Birute Klaas-Lang/Helle Metslang:
Language policy and sustainability of Estonian in higher education – Jean-François Bald :
Le français dans l’enseignement supérieur : le débat en France – Nathalie Marchal : L’usage des langues dans les universités en Belgique francophone – Marilena Karyolemou: Language use in higher education in Cyprus: National aspirations, language ideology and economic development – Simona Bergoč:
The language of instruction at universities between internationalization and sustainable language policy: The case of Slovenia – Władysław T. Miodunka:
The use of languages in university teaching and research in Poland – Johan Van Hoorde: Dutch or English? English and Dutch! The language shift in tertiary education and science in the Dutch language area.
