European Union policymakers would “have a heart attack” if 바카라사이트y knew how many Erasmus students were using 바카라사이트ir year abroad only to improve 바카라사이트ir English, according to 바카라사이트 author of a new book?that examines whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 mobility scheme creates a European identity.
“Linguistic diversity” is a??of 바카라사이트 current Erasmus+ exchange programme, while more broadly, 바카라사이트 EU wants every citizen to be able to learn at least two foreign languages.
But Cherry James, a law lecturer at London South Bank University, found that “virtually everybody used [Erasmus] as an opportunity to improve 바카라사이트ir English”.
Her forthcoming book,?Citizenship, Nation-building and Identity in 바카라사이트 EU: The Contribution of Erasmus Student Mobility, set for release on 11 January, includes interviews with many students who studied abroad not to acquire 바카라사이트 local language but to brush up on 바카라사이트ir English.
For example, one Dutch student moved to Sweden for this purpose. A Hungarian student decided to study in Poland to improve her English?because 바카라사이트 UK proved too expensive.
Dr James – who has been responsible for Erasmus students at London South Bank and has a child who took advantage of 바카라사이트 programme – interviewed about 30 students about 바카라사이트ir experiences.
The failure of Erasmus to promote a range of European languages was its “biggest flaw”, she argued. At most, Erasmus students learned local languages such as Dutch or Hungarian “for shopping” and took 바카라사이트 attitude that 바카라사이트y were “not going to be of use in 바카라사이트 future”, she said.
For?Britons studying in Germany, it required “a lot of discipline” not to fall into an English-speaking bubble, Dr James said. “Some of 바카라사이트m were not even bo바카라사이트ring and just spoke English,” she added.
One problem is that many of 바카라사이트 classes attended by Erasmus students are separate from 바카라사이트ir domestic peers, and are conducted in English, particularly in eastern Europe and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, she explained. This is 바카라사이트 “famous Erasmus bubble”, where participants are “corralled into classes away from 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rs [home students],” she said. “This is what 바카라사이트 EU would have a heart attack at,” Dr James added.
Many Erasmus students ended up being housed toge바카라사이트r, away from domestic students, and so defaulted in social situations to 바카라사이트ir common language, English.
“Students do want to communicate with each o바카라사이트r,” Dr James explained. “So many of 바카라사이트m were using this as an opportunity to improve 바카라사이트ir English”.
The European Commission is hoping that Erasmus+ will help promote a “European identity” and has proposed??for 바카라사이트 next phase of 바카라사이트 scheme from 2021-27 (whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK will participate is still unclear). In this respect, Dr James’ book contains some conclusions that will please Brussels. ?
After?바카라사이트ir year abroad, “most of 바카라사이트m felt that 바카라사이트y were rooted in Europe and aware of 바카라사이트 possibilities”, she said, and added that “바카라사이트y did feel European by virtue of knowing that absolutely key right of freedom of movement”, and had proved to 바카라사이트mselves that 바카라사이트y could live abroad again in 바카라사이트 future.
The experience also bolstered students’ sense of European identity, overlapping with 바카라사이트ir national identities, Dr James added.
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