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Publication details [#58924]

Earls, Clive W. 2014. Striking the balance: the role of English and German in a multilingual English-medium degree programme in German higher education. Current Issues in Language Planning 15 (2) : 153–173.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

experience | language of instruction | language policy | multilingualism | pragmatic role

Language as a subject

English | German

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Using Spolsky's framework for language policy analysis, this paper discusses de facto language policy as experienced by study participants in English-medium degree programmes (EMDPs) in German higher education (HE), clarifying daily linguistic practices and the pragmatic and ideological roles of English and German in reported experiences.