Hi Dave,
Yes, I have done this in my Linguistics seminar, on the specific topic of diglossia and the Swiss German dialect.
Coming from a bilingual (French-German) university with extensive use of English, I would say it's important to make the difference between the information to be found in scientific publications, newspaper articles, blogs etc., and the information one can gather directly from the Internet site of the university (identity, philosophy, languages used for information, language statutes, course languages, languages of exams and papers, language courses and services offered, language competence expectations for teachers and students etc.).
Best
Claudine
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Subject: mini assignment on university language policies
Hi TeachLingers,
I teach a class on world English(es). There are two assessments: a series of mini-essays relating to the lectures; and a research interview with someone from another country (about the use of English there).
One of the mini-essay questions is about international use of English in higher education. At present it's quite a general question looking at contemporary debate. I want to tweak this question to make it more specific, focusing on universities'
institutional language policies. I was thinking of making it into a task where they search online for, say, five universities' language policies in different countries (using key words like '[city] university language policy English') and then systematically comparing them on a set of key themes which should come up in most of them, like international recruitment (of staff and students), mobility, research publications, etc.
Does anyone currently set any assignments like this? Any suggestions if so?
Dave
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