English in Asian and European Higher Education

Gill, Saran Kaur; Kirkpatrick, Andy

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“…Table II presents a cross-section of research examining transnational education programs throughout the world. The English-speaking nations of Australia, UK, and US lead the world in the export of transnational education programs, with approximately 2,400 degrees offered in English in mainland Europe alone [19]. China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong are home to the largest numbers of transnational education students, the majority of whom are enrolled in Australian, UK, or US institutions.…”

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“…Both India and China have doubled their higher education enrollment over the past decade [3]. This startling growth is expected to continue, with Asia representing an estimated 70% of global demand for international higher education within the next ten years [19].…”

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“…Over the past 35 years, Malaysia has entered into successful partnership programs with myriad universities in the US, UK, and Australia. Indonesia and Singapore have also shifted away from "mother-tongue medium of instruction" to English [19]. Many other Asian nations, notably China, use a bilingual approach.…”

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“…Many other Asian nations, notably China, use a bilingual approach. Colleges and universities in the People's Republic of China are now under government mandate to adopt English as the language for instruction in a variety of disciplines ranging from biotechnology to law [19].…”

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Global Trends in Transnational Education

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2016

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Abstract-The realities of globalization, both positive and negative, dominate the landscape of higher education. Transnational education programs allow students to pursue higher education in other countries without physically relocating. These programs offer collaborative learning opportunities which are valuable for increasingly globalized societies, and hold great potential for developing countries. However, concerns regarding cultural compromise and quality assurance remain. This article highlights current global trends in transnational education, with a dual focus on culture and quality.

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“…Even though this requires a shift in policies and a significant financial effort to rewrite courses and materials, the opportunity to attract international talent cannot be overlooked (Gill & Kirkpatrick, 2013). Regardless of the views that exist on the role that globalization plays in higher education, the lifelong learning student remains at the heart of the matter.…”

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Student support in a virtual space : a phenomenological approach to understanding student success

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Is English an Asian Language?

Kirkpatrick

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2020

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The Asian Corpus of English OverviewThis chapter provides an introduction to the Asian Corpus of English (ACE)how it was collected and why and how it will be used in this book. As such, this chapter is relatively technical and will be of particular interest to those readers who wish to undertake research using the Asian Corpus of English.ACE was designed to be comparable with the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) (Seidlhofer 2011). The participants recorded in ACE are primarily, but not exclusively, first-language speakers of Asian languages, while the participants in VOICE are primarily, but not exclusively, first-language speakers of European languages. ACE contains some one million words of naturally occurring, non-scripted face-to-face interactions (around 120 hours of recorded speech) of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in Asia. A wide range of speech events have been included in ACE. These include interviews, press conferences, service encounters, seminar discussions, working group discussions, workshop discussions, meetings, panels, question-and-answer sessions and conversations. The transcribed speech events are categorised under five major settings with their percentage of the corpus data in brackets: education (25 per cent); leisure (10 per cent); professional business (20 per cent); professional organisations; (35 per cent); and professional research/science (10 per cent). The corpus data have been tagged following the transcription conventions originally developed by the VOICE team. These tags enable users to obtain a clear picture of the transcribed data (e.g., pauses, overlaps, pronunciation variations & coinages), and make ACE and VOICE comparable. In October 2014, ACE was officially launched online. Users can browse the corpus data according to the five types of setting (previously mentioned) or according to the various data collection sites (Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan). A Web concordancer has been developed which allows users to search any word/phrase in ACE. Other than searching the corpus, users can also listen to the sound recording of certain ACE files. These functions have made it possible for researchers and teachers/learners to explore the ACE data for various research and pedagogical purposes.

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English in Asian and European Higher Education

Abstract: The internationalization of higher education has led to a noticeable increase in the number of courses and degrees taught through the medium of English.

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