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Language Matters in Higher Education Contexts

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This book highlights that language matters permeate all areas of higher education and that language matters for everyone involved in academic institutions: in policy, in teaching and learning, in a...
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  • 18 November 2021
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This book highlights that language matters permeate all areas of higher education and that language matters for everyone involved in academic institutions: in policy, in teaching and learning, in administration, in research and in leadership. The chapters in this volume address national, institutional and local levels, and range from legal texts to students’ and teachers’ stories across disciplines. It provides a useful picture for all those who work in the various fields of higher education.

Contributors are: Britt-Marie Apelgren, Tove Bull, Josep Maria Cots, Ann-Marie Eriksson, Sylva Frisk, Lídia Gallego-Balsà, Peter Garrett, Linnea Hanell, Luke Holmes, Niina Hynninen, Kathrin Kaufhold, Maria Kuteeva, Ragnhild Ljosland, Heidi Rontu, Taina Saarinen, Linus Salö and Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi.
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Price: $127.00
Pages: 178
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching
Publication Date: 18 November 2021
ISBN: 9789004507913
Format: Hardcover
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Britt-Marie Apelgren, Ph.D. (2000), Reading University, is Professor of Language Education at University of Gothenburg. The focus of her research, publication and teaching is language education and policy, doctoral education and higher education leadership. She has co-edited Transformative Teacher Research (Sense, 2015).

Ann-Marie Eriksson, Ph.D. (2014), is Senior Lecturer at University of Gothenburg. Her research concerns institutionalized forms of text production, e.g. in academic writing support, with a focus on language and communication as interactional, responsive practice.

Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi, Ph.D. (2019), is Senior Lecturer of Educational Work in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at University of Borås, focussing educational development and academic writing. Her research concerns higher education (language) policy and practice, and distance education.