English-Medium Instruction in Northern Cyprus: Problems, Possibilities, and Prospects

Selvi, Ali Fuad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88597-7_2

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“…More specifically, Nigeria, Jordan, Syria, Cameroon, and Iran are the top five foreign countries that send the most students to higher education institutions in Northern Cyprus (Ernur, 2019). As Selvi (2022) noted, considering that more than a dozen institutions of higher education are currently in the process of establishment (Büke, 2019), English (as a language, medium of instruction, and communication) will continue to remain at the heart of debates revolving around the privatization of education and commodification of language, which collectively transforms the country into an ücretli üniversiteler cenneti ‘private university heaven’ (Maviş, 2013) ruled by ‘profit‐maximizing institutions’ (Ekici, 2019).…”

Section: The Contemporary Educational Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

English in Northern Cyprus: A sociolinguistic profile

Selvi

Silman‐Karanfil²

2022

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Much has been written and said about the roles, functions, and status of English and its diverse implications in local contexts and for people therein. However, Northern Cyprus stands out as a ‘blind spot’ as it is often annexed in studies related to Turkey or diluted within discussions focusing on Cyprus – which collectively leads to limited, partial, and tangential accounts of the complexities embedded in the local context. Departing from this premise, the current paper offers a comprehensive sociolinguistic profile of English in Northern Cyprus. More specifically, it portrays a historical account of the sociolinguistic situation with present‐day connections to statuses, roles, attitudes, functions, domains, policies, and practices in the local context. It is concluded that as the island morphed first into a postcolonial context and later into a partitioned sociopolitical entity, the linguacultural hegemony of English remained in Turkish Cypriots’ linguistic repertoires, collective psyche, and educational curricula.

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Section: The Contemporary Educational Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%