DAY 1 – October 21 2021 (online)
Please access symposium recordings below.
- Introduction – UM representative: Rianne Letschert, Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University, Netherlands. René Gabriëls (Symposium Chair), Robert Wilkinson (ICLHE Chair)
- Interview – Kristina Hultgren (The Open University, UK), Multilingualism vs English: are they reconcilable? Moderator: John Harbord (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
- Discussion & Book presentation – Robert Wilkinson (Maastricht University, Netherlands) Englishization of higher education in Europe: Glocalized perspectives,
- Kwok-kan Tam (Hang Seng U, Hong Kong), Englishization – hybridization in identity, cultural awareness and literary sensibilityModerator: Sally Wyatt (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Academic Presentations: Englishization of higher education in Europe | Part I
- Presentation 1 – Svetlana Suchkova (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) Is English a lingua franca or an economic instrument in Russia? [NOT RECORDED]
- Presentation 2 – Josep Soler (Stockholm University, Sweden)/Kerttu Rozenvalde (University of Tartu, Estonia) Englishisation and internationalisation in Estonia and Latvia: Language ideological debates and the state
- Presentation 3 – Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp, Belgium/Flanders), Beyond English-Only in higher educationModerator:Inma Fortanet-Gomez (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
- Presentation 4 – Rias van den Doel, Rick de Graaff (University of Utrecht, Netherlands): All quiet on the language front? The role of language focus and support in Dutch EMI contexts Moderator: René Gabriëls (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Academic Presentations: Englishization of higher education in Europe | Part I I
- Presentation 1 – Aisha Siddiqa/Patrick Studer (ZHAW, Switzerland):English in Swiss multilingual landscape [NOT RECORDED]
- Presentation 2 – David Lasagabaster (University of the Basque Country, Spain) EMI and multilingualism at university level: The Spanish perspective
- Presentation 3 – Beatrice Zuaro (Stockholm University, Sweden – Italy): Reframing “internationalization” and “Englishization” in Italian higher education, Moderators: Sara Atwater and Marie Rickert (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
- Interview – Alma Maldonado-Maldonado (CINVESTAV, Mexico City) Social disadvantages and English: the perspective from Mexico (and Latin America)Moderator: Leonie Cornips (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
DAY 2 – October 22 2021 (online)
Academic Presentations: Englishization in East Asia
- Presentation 1 – Eun Gyong (E.G.) Kim (Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, South Korea): The Englishization at a Korean science and engineering school [SESSION NOT RECORDED]
- Presentation 2– Tho Vo (University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam): EMI implementation and the promotion of English use in a Vietnamese higher education context [SESSION NOT RECORDED]
- Presentation 3 – Keiko Tsuchiya (Yokohama City University, Japan): English education policy in JapanModerator: Annette Bradford (Oxford EMI, Singapore) [SESSION NOT RECORDED]
- Interview – Philippe Van Parijs (Université de Louvain, Belgium): Englishization as trap and lifeline. Moderator: René Gabriëls (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
- Discussion – Emma Dafouz (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain) & Ute Smit (University of Vienna, Austria): Englishisation in Higher Education: Insights from the ROAD-MAPPING framework. Moderator: Harro van Lente (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Academic Presentations – Challenged contexts of Englishization
- Presentation 1 – Maria Sabaté-Dalmau (Universitat Lleida, Catalonia, Spain): The management of Englishisation policies through local multilingual practices and dissenting identities in the EMI classroom.Moderator: T.J. Ó Ceallaigh (Mary Immaculate College, Ireland)
- Presentation 2 – Ofra Inbar-Lourie (Tel Aviv University, Israel): Englishization in higher education institutions in Israel:Transcending the linguistic barriers. Moderator: T.J. Ó Ceallaigh (Mary Immaculate College, Ireland)
- Presentation 3 – Christa van der Walt (Stellenbosch University, South Africa): Southern African Englishes and English language teaching. Moderator: T.J. Ó Ceallaigh (Mary Immaculate College, Ireland)
- Interview – Aminata Cairo (Independent consultant, The Hague). Holding space for Englishization. Moderator: Jenny Valcke (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
Close of Symposium – UM representative: Christine Neuhold, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Maastricht University, Netherlands), René Gabriëls (Symposium Chair), Robert Wilkinson (ICLHE Chair)