{"id":12427,"date":"2013-05-21T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T06:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=12427\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T00:16:57","slug":"report-nordic-universities-use-of-english-cant-be-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/report-nordic-universities-use-of-english-cant-be-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nordic universities\u2019 use of English can\u2019t be stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching and research at internationalized and multi-lingual Nordic universities are more and more likely to be in English. This is according to a network of language experts that have just presented reports on each of the Nordic countries\u2019 use of languages at universities.<\/p>\n

The use of English, in conjunction with one of the national Nordic languages, is an already established fact at universities, according to one of the authors of the study Olle Josephson, professor in Nordic Languages at Stockholm University. National policies should to a higher degree reflect this.<\/p>\n

In this way, he said at the reports\u2019 presentation Friday in Copenhagen, \u201cinternationalization is a success, and it will go on. The dominance of the English language will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the site with links to the reports here. <\/a><\/p>\n

More formal in English<\/h2>\n

The conference highlighted the fact that teaching in the English language is tough for some teachers, and for some students<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More and more lectures are being held in English instead of universities’ native tongue. Despite Nordics’ relative proficiency in English, grasping complicated ideas in a foreign language is hard, and support for English-teaching and learning skills is needed, the report argues.<\/p>\n

According to Frans Gregersen, a Danish member of the network and language professor, educators have a hard time maintaining an informal atmosphere as they feel less confident in their language abilities. And students are more withdrawn and less likely to participate, if they feel their language skills aren’t up to par.<\/p>\n

Takes 25 per cent more time<\/h2>\n

\u201cThis is how it is if we just switch the language. But languages are not switches, they may be developed consciously and that is what we should do,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll kinds of supportive measures should be considered carefully and a choice between them should be based on an analysis of what the students are to acquire,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

According to a study of Swedish universities, it takes lecturers 25 per cent more time to prepare content in English than their native language. “Researchers are used to gather knowledge in English, but disseminating this knowledge is a different matter. It can be challenging to be as qualified in English as in one’s mother tongue”, said Frans Gregersen in connection with the release of the report.<\/p>\n

Challenges<\/h2>\n

Nordic universities face a number of challenges, according to Olle Josephson.<\/p>\n

There is the pedagogical challenge in teaching students with different linguistic backgrounds.<\/p>\n

But there is also the challenge in maintaining the national languages of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic as languages of science and research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no-one but the universities who can develop the national languages in terms of science and humanities at a qualified level,\u201d he said at the conference.<\/p>\n

Not just two languages, but many<\/h2>\n

The dominance of English as the language that is parallel to the national language hides the fact that there are often more than two languages in play, according to Olle Josephson. <\/p>\n

And this is the third challenge.<\/p>\n

For many universities, it is \u201cnot just two languages, but a many-language environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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This is according to a network of language experts that have just presented reports on each of the Nordic countries\u2019 use of languages at universities.<\/p>\n<p>The use of English, in conjunction with one of the national Nordic languages, is an already established fact at universities, according to one of the authors of the study Olle Josephson, professor in Nordic Languages at Stockholm University. National policies should to a higher degree reflect this.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, he said at the reports\u2019 presentation Friday in Copenhagen, \u201cinternationalization is a success, and it will go on. The dominance of the English language will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nordiskparallelsprogsnet.blogs.ku.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the site with links to the reports here. <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>More formal in English<\/h2>\n<p>The conference highlighted the fact that teaching in the English language <a href=\"node\/19590\">is tough for some teachers, and for some students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More and more lectures are being held in English instead of universities’ native tongue. Despite Nordics’ relative proficiency in English, grasping complicated ideas in a foreign language is hard, and support for English-teaching and learning skills is needed, the report argues.<\/p>\n<p>According to Frans Gregersen, a Danish member of the network and language professor, educators have a hard time maintaining an informal atmosphere as they feel less confident in their language abilities. And students are more withdrawn and less likely to participate, if they feel their language skills aren’t up to par.<\/p>\n<h2>Takes 25 per cent more time<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis is how it is if we just switch the language. But languages are not switches, they may be developed consciously and that is what we should do,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll kinds of supportive measures should be considered carefully and a choice between them should be based on an analysis of what the students are to acquire,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>According to a study of Swedish universities, it takes lecturers 25 per cent more time to prepare content in English than their native language. “Researchers are used to gather knowledge in English, but disseminating this knowledge is a different matter. It can be challenging to be as qualified in English as in one’s mother tongue”, said Frans Gregersen in connection with the release of the report.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>Nordic universities face a number of challenges, according to Olle Josephson.<\/p>\n<p>There is the pedagogical challenge in teaching students with different linguistic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>But there is also the challenge in maintaining the national languages of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic as languages of science and research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no-one but the universities who can develop the national languages in terms of science and humanities at a qualified level,\u201d he said at the conference.<\/p>\n<h2>Not just two languages, but many<\/h2>\n<p>The dominance of English as the language that is parallel to the national language hides the fact that there are often more than two languages in play, according to Olle Josephson. <\/p>\n<p>And this is the third challenge.<\/p>\n<p>For many universities, it is \u201cnot just two languages, but a many-language environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1036,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11496,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/billederfranikonmaj2013_276-1280x851.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34566,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12427\/revisions\/34566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}