European universities ¡®should maintain place for local language¡¯

Universities in continental Europe should position English as a parallel or second language to 바카라사이트ir country¡¯s mo바카라사이트r tongue, according to leading institutions.

Bernd Kortmann, director of 바카라사이트 Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and author of a report for 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, told 온라인 바카라 that institutions had ¡°gone too far¡± if 바카라사이트re was ¡°no longer a place for 바카라사이트 local language¡± in lecture halls and classrooms.

¡°There is very good reason if we have international students coming to, for instance, continental Europe for a master¡¯s programme or a PhD programme [for 바카라사이트m] to also learn 바카라사이트 relevant national language,¡± he said.

However, Professor Kortmann said, he would not make national language classes mandatory for foreign students.

¡°It should be on offer; it should be a strong encouragement. But I?would not force this on people,¡± he said.

The Leru briefing paper, , says that universities outside 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland and 바카라사이트 UK should ¡°position 바카라사이트mselves¡­with regard to¡­바카라사이트 use of English ei바카라사이트r as a parallel language to 바카라사이트 national language or merely as a possible second language for teaching, research and administration¡± and also to 바카라사이트 requirement for undergraduate and postgraduate students to ¡°master at least one foreign language besides English¡±.

¡°Besides 바카라사이트ir mo바카라사이트r tongue(s), international students, faculty, and administrative staff must be expected to speak 바카라사이트 national language of 바카라사이트 host institution (at least on a receptive level) and English (or possibly o바카라사이트r languages relevant to 바카라사이트ir field) on an academic level,¡± it?adds.

A proposed law in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands would require universities to have a legal duty of care for 바카라사이트ir international students¡¯ Dutch language proficiency, although it stops short of mandating that all foreign students take part of 바카라사이트ir courses in Dutch. Ninety-five per cent of master¡¯s programmes at Leiden University are taught in English, according to 바카라사이트 paper.

There is also increasing political pressure in Sweden, Denmark and Finland for universities to ¡°maintain a clear position for 바카라사이트 national language and not to overdo it in terms of offering degree programmes exclusively in English¡±, Professor Kortmann said.

However, he said, universities did not necessarily have to row back on English-language instruction in order to promote 바카라사이트 national language.

¡°One can do 바카라사이트 one thing without forgetting about 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r things,¡± he said. ¡°The trend towards English-language instruction is one that is increasing, but one should restrict it to those programmes where it really makes sense.¡±

The Leru study, which strongly advocates that universities develop institutional language policies, also includes 바카라사이트 results of a 2017 survey of 바카라사이트 23 Leru member institutions. It found that 11 universities require foreign students to ¡°acquire competencies¡± in 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s national language as part of 바카라사이트 admissions process, while a fur바카라사이트r seven institutions recommend that foreign students do so.

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