%0 Journal Article
%T Everybody knows English? Language use in the world of learning
%A Krista Varantola
%J Lingu¨ªstica : Revista de Estudos Lingu¨ªsticos da Universidade do Porto
%D 2012
%I Universidade do Porto
%X This article will focus on the use of English as a global means of communication in higher education (HE) and research. The use of English is taken for granted as a global means of communication in the academic world. Therefore language issues are rarely problematized in science-policy contexts. This article will try to make the language issue visible by addressing aspects of a use of a lingua franca from a historical and pragmatic perspective and discuss its effects on everyday university life in non-Englishspeaking countries.
%K global English
%K internationalization of HE and research
%K invisibility of language
%K differences between natural sciences and social sciences
%K ethical aspects.
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