English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries
This chapter explores the use of explicit language policies and regulations in higher education settings where English is used as a foreign language. In particular, the chapter presents a case study of the Nordic countries of Europe, which, in today’s Europe, are considered some of the settings wher...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Routledge
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564462 |
id |
ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/564462 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/564462 2023-09-26T15:19:19+02:00 English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries Peterson, Elizabeth Hall, Marika Beal, Joan C. Lukač, Morana Straaijer, Robin Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Arts) 2023-08-28T12:50:01Z 19 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564462 eng eng Routledge The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism 9780367557843 9781003095125 Peterson , E & Hall , M 2023 , English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries . in J C Beal , M Lukač & R Straaijer (eds) , The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism . Routledge , Abingdon , pp. 175-193 . PURE: 208922003 PURE UUID: 47ebd605-336e-4ea0-a8f6-4b244800d2bb http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564462 unspecified restrictedAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess 6121 Languages Chapter submittedVersion 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-08-30T23:00:36Z This chapter explores the use of explicit language policies and regulations in higher education settings where English is used as a foreign language. In particular, the chapter presents a case study of the Nordic countries of Europe, which, in today’s Europe, are considered some of the settings where English users have overall high proficiency in English. The chapter presents a collection of public university language policy documents from the countries of Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. An analysis of these documents reveals two sets of outcomes. The first is that, presumably as a by-product of Nordic union and collaboration, English language skills in the Nordic countries are upheld as elite among Nordic Universities. The second outcome is that the prescribed use of English in these institutions mirrors that of colonial and imperial norms of English. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Norway |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto |
op_collection_id |
ftunivhelsihelda |
language |
English |
topic |
6121 Languages |
spellingShingle |
6121 Languages Peterson, Elizabeth Hall, Marika English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
topic_facet |
6121 Languages |
description |
This chapter explores the use of explicit language policies and regulations in higher education settings where English is used as a foreign language. In particular, the chapter presents a case study of the Nordic countries of Europe, which, in today’s Europe, are considered some of the settings where English users have overall high proficiency in English. The chapter presents a collection of public university language policy documents from the countries of Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. An analysis of these documents reveals two sets of outcomes. The first is that, presumably as a by-product of Nordic union and collaboration, English language skills in the Nordic countries are upheld as elite among Nordic Universities. The second outcome is that the prescribed use of English in these institutions mirrors that of colonial and imperial norms of English. Peer reviewed |
author2 |
Beal, Joan C. Lukač, Morana Straaijer, Robin Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Arts) |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Peterson, Elizabeth Hall, Marika |
author_facet |
Peterson, Elizabeth Hall, Marika |
author_sort |
Peterson, Elizabeth |
title |
English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
title_short |
English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
title_full |
English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
title_fullStr |
English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
title_full_unstemmed |
English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries |
title_sort |
english prescriptivism in higher education settings : focus on nordic countries |
publisher |
Routledge |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564462 |
geographic |
Norway |
geographic_facet |
Norway |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_relation |
The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism 9780367557843 9781003095125 Peterson , E & Hall , M 2023 , English prescriptivism in higher education settings : Focus on Nordic Countries . in J C Beal , M Lukač & R Straaijer (eds) , The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism . Routledge , Abingdon , pp. 175-193 . PURE: 208922003 PURE UUID: 47ebd605-336e-4ea0-a8f6-4b244800d2bb http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564462 |
op_rights |
unspecified restrictedAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
_version_ |
1778142553563987968 |