A PLEA FOR RETHINKING INSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY DOCUMENTS
A PLEA FOR RETHINKING INSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY DOCUMENTS
Author(s): Elena PăcurarSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: language policy; standardisation; language instruction; internationalisation of HE; 21st century skills;
Summary/Abstract: A Plea for Rethinking Institutional Language Policy Documents. The present study aims to raise awareness on and to provide a synopsis of the role, function and relevance of language policy documents in HE, by bringing together some of the more recent conclusions of strategic papers or guidelines issued by representative bodies responsible for the standardization of language teaching and testing. The current definitions of and views on language policies invite reflections on the margins of the internationalisation of HE, the digitalisation of education and its tools, the role of the language instructors in the 21st century and, last but not least, the existence of institutional strategic documents. A local case (the language policy at Babeș-Bolyai University) is discussed against the backdrop of international frameworks for language instruction and in comparison with similar (national) language policies.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 64/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 11-16
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
