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Internationalization in English? : Problematizing the role of language in higher education internationalization (2023)

Ennser-Kananen, J., & Saarinen, T. (2023). Internationalization in English? : Problematizing the role of language in higher education internationalization. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Erkican (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (4th ed., pp. 167-173). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.02016-9

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Ennser-Kananen, Johanna; Saarinen, Taina

Parent publication: International Encyclopedia of Education

Parent publication editors: Tierney, Robert J.; Rizvi, Fazal; Erkican, Kadriye

ISBN: 978-0-12-818630-5

eISBN: 978-0-12-818629-9

Edition: 4th ed

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 18/11/2022

Pages range: 167-173

Number of pages in the book: 8818

Publisher: Elsevier

Place of Publication: Amsterdam

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.02016-9

Publication open access: Not open

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Additional information: Volume 8: Higher Education Policy, Governance, and Practice. Volume 8 Editors: Chika Sehoole and Everard Weber

Abstract

This chapter discusses the relationship between language and internationalization in higher education. We begin by outlining the ideological nature of internationalization since World War II. We then continue to discuss language in higher education, focusing particularly on English as the unproblematized language of internationalization. We conclude by suggesting that if indeed an equitable, societally beneficial, and high quality education for all remains the goal of higher education and thereby internationalization, it needs to be embedded in a larger process of developing and implementing anti-normative, anti-colonial pedagogies and practices.

Keywords: system of higher education; internationalisation; lingua franca; English language; decolonisation; nationalism; populism; higher education policy; language policy

Free keywords: coloniality; English; English as lingua franca; internationalization; language; nationalism; new nationalism; populism; post-nationalism

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2023

JUFO rating: 2