Overview
- Traces the Australian perspective for university language offerings over time
- Follows extensively various Australian language policy and planning documents across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
- Contains a wealth of information on the many languages which are or have been taught in the university sector
Part of the book series: Language Policy (LAPO, volume 17)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century.
It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences.
Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest.
The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Policies, Provision, and the National Interest
Authors: Jennifer Joan Baldwin
Series Title: Language Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05795-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05794-7Published: 07 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05795-4Published: 29 January 2019
Series ISSN: 1571-5361
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 256
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Language Education, Language Policy and Planning, Higher Education, Multilingualism