Language policy in Chinese higher education: a focus on international students in China
Language policy in Chinese higher education: a focus on international students in China
This paper is motivated by the observation that relatively little research has been done to investigate language policy in Chinese higher education oriented towards international students, in the context that China welcomes an increasing number of international students in its higher education sector in response to globalisation. The paper integrates Spolsky’s (2012) three-component framework of language policy with Ricento and Hornberger’s (1996) approach that examines language policy in multiple levels. It also considers the implications for language policy of research into English as a lingua franca. Empirical data are collected through document analysis, interviews and classroom observation to explore what language policies are available to support Chinese higher education for international students and how language policies are operationalised in institutional settings, with a focus on one university for case study. The investigation reveals a policy vacuum in Chinese higher education for international students, leading to the discussion of ways of addressing the vacuum in the conclusion.
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Wang, Ying
dae44497-8e51-48ab-8173-7844f152f6e9
April 2019
Wang, Ying
dae44497-8e51-48ab-8173-7844f152f6e9
Wang, Ying
(2019)
Language policy in Chinese higher education: a focus on international students in China.
European Journal of Language Policy, 9 (1), .
(doi:10.3828/ejlp.2017.4).
Abstract
This paper is motivated by the observation that relatively little research has been done to investigate language policy in Chinese higher education oriented towards international students, in the context that China welcomes an increasing number of international students in its higher education sector in response to globalisation. The paper integrates Spolsky’s (2012) three-component framework of language policy with Ricento and Hornberger’s (1996) approach that examines language policy in multiple levels. It also considers the implications for language policy of research into English as a lingua franca. Empirical data are collected through document analysis, interviews and classroom observation to explore what language policies are available to support Chinese higher education for international students and how language policies are operationalised in institutional settings, with a focus on one university for case study. The investigation reveals a policy vacuum in Chinese higher education for international students, leading to the discussion of ways of addressing the vacuum in the conclusion.
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Accepted/In Press date: 24 January 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 April 2019
Published date: April 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/405056
ISSN: 1757-6822
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