Search for dissertations about: "bilingualism higher education"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words bilingualism higher education.

  2. 1. Unpacking dominant discourses in higher education language policy : A critical study of language policy in Swedish higher education

    Author : Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language; Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet; Teacher Education and Education Work; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of the thesis is to investigate dominant discourses operating in the changing of HE concerning questions of language policy. It has been studied at a national level, analysing reports and government bills, and at an institutional level, analysing university language policy, taking Sweden as an example. READ MORE

  4. 2. Science, Language, and Literacy : Case Studies of Learning in Swedish University Physics

    Author : John Airey; Cedric Linder; Roger Säljö; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics; Learning; Higher education; Bilingualism; Language choice; Science education; Scientific literacy; Bilingual scientific literacy; Disciplinary discourse; Discourse imitation; Semiotics; Physics Education Research; Physics; Fysik; Fysik med inriktning mot fysikens didaktik; Physics with specialization in Physics Education; Science Education; Engelsk språkvetenskap; Fysik; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap; Pedagogics;

    Abstract : This thesis presents an investigation of undergraduate student learning with respect to physics lectures attended in English and Swedish. The work studies three connected areas: student learning patterns, bilingual scientific literacy and disciplinary discourse. READ MORE

  5. 3. Of Ethics and Multilingualism in Internationalising Academia : Ethical Events in Swedish University Life

    Author : Luke Holmes; Caroline Kerfoot; Linus Salö; Anthony Liddicoat; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethics; multilingualism; ethical event; responsibility; hospitality; Levinas; higher education; internationalisation; linguistic anthropology; linguistic ethnography; language policy and planning; language ideology; tvåspråkighet; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This thesis engages ethnographically with actors whose practices constitute contemporary Swedish universities and who pose and respond to everyday questions of ethics and multilingualism. In contradistinction to the discursively monolingual horizon of contemporary academia, the thesis thinks questions of language differently, contributing to the growing body of knowledge on socially and linguistically diverse practice in internationalising university life. READ MORE

  6. 4. Decontextualized language, logic, and algebra : the relationship between Mozambican students’ achievement in school mathematics and their language and social background

    Author : Ribas Salatiel Madaucane Guambe; Núria Planas; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; Matematik och lärande;

    Abstract : Researchers in mathematics education have always stressed the relevance of algebra in school mathematics and have produced a wide range of empirical and theoretical outcomes in relation to this field. In addition, the importance of language proficiency for success in school mathematics has been explored in a variety of different contexts, as has been the relation between students’ social class and achievement in mathematics. READ MORE